NEW ORLEANS — In the New Orleans lexicon, the phrase “Who Dat?” may be as ubiquitous as they come, but the question over who owns the commercial use of the phrase reached a federal courtroom on Wednesday morning.

Attorneys representing the NFL and the Saints, along with several local merchants, appeared before Federal Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans. The NFL is attempting to get parts of a lawsuit against them thrown out. The lawsuit has been brought by Who Dat, Inc., which claims to have trademarked the phrase.

“They’re trying to prohibit us from using the name ‘Who Dat,'” said Darleen Jacobs,  an attorney and one of the five merchants named in the suit. She is co-owner of the “Who Dat Yat Chat,” a cafe in St. Bernard Parish. “We actually have a charter from the state of Louisiana, saying that we can use the term ‘Who Dat.’ We also have a trademark in Louisiana.”

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