The newly renamed NHL team filed a federal lawsuit after an Oregon-based gear brand objected to share the name

It is becoming a mammoth headache for both sides. The NHL's Utah Mammoth filed a federal lawsuit against a hockey equipment manufacturer to settle a trademark dispute over the team's name. Why is the fight over ‘Mammoth' escalating?

Utah Mammoth’s owners, the Smith Entertainment Group, filed the lawsuit this month against Mammoth Hockey, which sells hockey bags. The suit asks the court to declare the NHL team’s name and logo do not violate Mammoth Hockey’s trademark rights.

Utah's newest professional sports team, the Utah Mammoth, filed a lawsuit earlier this month, targeting a specialty seller of high-end hockey bags over a trademark dispute regarding the team's name.

The NHL's Utah Mammoth has filed a lawsuit against a hockey equipment company. Here is everything you need to know.

The owners of the NHL’s Utah Mammoth have filed a lawsuit against a hockey equipment bag manufacturer to settle a trademark dispute. The lawsuit filed in U.S.

The Utah Mammoth logo outside the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on May 13. The team's owner and the company that helped in the trademark process are suing the company Mammoth Hockey amid a growing dispute over the team name. (Carter Williams, KSL.com)

In a statement provided to the Deseret News via email Wednesday, Mammoth Hockey responded to the Utah Mammoth’s U.S. District Court filing, which calls for a decision on the NHL team’s use of the “Mammoth” name.