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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: March Madness Marketing Rebounds With a New Twist
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Millions of college sports fans and alumni each year tune in to watch the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments, referred to as “March Madness.”...more
This week, in our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law, we take a deeper look at trade secrets and non-compete cases in the wide world of sports: As college basketball...more
The NCAA national men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will begin on March 17, 2024 and end with the national championship games in early April. Broadcast stations often conduct promotions tied to these tournaments...more
Reviewing the Major Plays of 2023 - This past year saw major developments in the world of college sports. From challenges to name, image and likeness (NIL) contracts to congressional hearings to proposed NCAA guidelines,...more
The shrieks of rubber-soled sneakers, blasts of air horns, whooshes of nets, and screams of fans are permeating arenas all over the country. It can only mean one thing — March Madness is once again upon us. ...more
March Madness is upon us! Whether you’re filling out multiple brackets or studiously avoiding a certain co-worker because your team missed out, odds are you’re aware the annual men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments...more
Selection Sunday kicks off an exciting time for your employees – sports fans can see the light at the end of the late winter tunnel, and even those who aren’t big fans get excited by the prospect of a good bracket challenge....more
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss how marketing practices changed for the March Madness tournament this year, and what that meant for athletes. ...more
It’s that time of the year again…that responsive employee becomes a little less responsive, you hear random gasps throughout the office mid-day on a Thursday, the sick days and vacation requests for this coming Friday...more
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “March Madness?” Prior to September of this year, if your answer was NCAA basketball, you’d have been wrong. That’s right, prior to September of this year, only the NCAA Men’s...more
In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the NCAA’s decision to petition a trademark held by a Urology office due to its alleged likeness to its own trademarks, ‘March...more
Frozen in time, immortalized in a picture in the vestibule in the Palestra, Steve Bilsky rose up for a shot with three seconds remaining against Villanova. The date was January 15, 1969. Then as now, Villanova was a national...more
The IGB held its webinar-based monthly meeting on March 9, 2021. Members present included Member Ramirez, Member Garcia, and Chairman Schmadeke. The meeting began with the approval of the January and February meeting minutes....more
As the NCAA Men’s Basketball 2020-2021 regular season schedule is about to begin in the midst of escalating coronavirus pandemic spikes and increasing hospitalizations around the country, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball...more
With the 2019 NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament in full swing, most people probably aren’t thinking “hmm, I wonder if the NCAA owns any trademarks related to the Tournament?” But, maybe they should be....more
With the arrival of spring comes March Madness as the top Division I men’s and women’s college basketball programs compete for the national championship. Played out over three weeks, more than 130 teams will compete for...more
March Madness is back and we’ve had a bit more madness this year. We saw the first 16 seed topple a 1 seed when UMBC shocked Virginia. ...more
March Madness always brings about trademark enforcement-related news. What we generally don’t see is news about a participating school submitting trademark applications while the basketball tournament takes place. ...more
With the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicking off this week, there will be the inevitable dour reports that bracket filling, live streaming and fun (or even higher stakes) wagering will cost employers billions of...more
If you work for a certain large company, at any of its many operations across the country, you have the opportunity to enter to win $1 million dollars each year for life when you fill out a March Madness bracket. To hit the...more
March Madness begins in just a few days. It’s that glorious time of year when college basketball teams from around the country (and their fans) are filled with hope and excitement. Who will make it to the final four? Who...more
Watching basketball when you should be working? The March Madness website is here to help you. The First Four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament starts this evening, and all of the tournament games will be available for...more
If you’re gearing up for your fantasy football draft, you might be interested to know that the California Legislature is considering a proposal to legalize sports gambling. Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 18 is a...more