Kraken Hockey Team in Washington Sued by Punk Bar for Name

April 28, 2021

A Seattle, Wash., punk rock bar is suing the city’s new NHL hockey team for $3.5 million, saying the Kraken’s choice of a name and plans to open a restaurant are harming the Kraken Bar & Lounge, which opened a decade before the team’s upcoming inaugural season.

The Seattle Times reports the bar filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court.

The Kraken Bar & Lounge was founded in 2011 by William Knupp and husband-and-wife Kat Colley and Daniel Colley.

The lawsuit asks that the team be prohibited from using “The Seattle Kraken” name and any others similarly confusing with its own trademarks. It states that the team’s announcement of the coming practice facility restaurant run “is sure to ruin The Kraken Bar and its near decade-old, cherished image and reputation as one of Seattle’s last dive bars.”

The suit says the punk bar’s trademarks are entitled to protections because they are distinctive of its goods and services and existed before the team’s July 2020 name announcement.

The NHL team did not respond to a request for comment from the newspaper.

Topics Lawsuits Washington

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  • April 29, 2021 at 8:50 am
    John Dough says:
    Wow. A lawsuit involving a Kraken bar and a Kraken sports team...all that's needed is a Kraken attorney. Sidney "The Kraken" Powell, this is a suit is tailor-made for you!
  • April 28, 2021 at 5:40 pm
    N/A says:
    I think that the issue that The Kraken Bar is taking offense with is the team's intent to open a restaurant as part of the their practice facility.
  • April 28, 2021 at 2:39 pm
    TheOCG says:
    The Kraken Bar should be in favor of the Seattle Kraken. It will only increase their business. Hockey players are tough punch you in the face people, goes right along with a P... read more

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