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A Trademark is a legally registered distinctive mark or sign which identifies goods, products or services that originate or are associated with a particular person or enterprise . A typical example of a trademark... more +

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - September 2024

Kaufman & Canoles on 9/11/2024

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that Illinois has joined an $82.5 million proposed antitrust settlement with Varsity Brands (Varsity). As a result, Illinois consumers who paid to participate in Varsity Brands’...more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - July 2024 #5

Kaufman & Canoles on 7/31/2024

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted a limited appeal in Pittsburgh’s challenge to a Pennsylvania court ruling that the city’s tax on visiting athletes and performers is unconstitutional. ...more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - July 2024 #4

Kaufman & Canoles on 7/24/2024

The breach of contract trial against a woman claiming to be Jerry Jones’ daughter is scheduled to start next Monday, and the Cowboys owner is expected to testify on the witness stand....more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - April 2024 #3

Kaufman & Canoles on 4/17/2024

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the West Virginia law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams, finding that it violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based...more

Broadcasts and Promotions Related to the Super Bowl

Lerman Senter PLLC on 1/19/2023

Super Bowl LVII (57) will be held on February 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The NFL carefully protects its copyrights and trademarks. If your broadcast station plans to conduct promotions or contests...more

Washington Football Team to Change Its Name: Some Lessons on How Not to Get Sacked

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/15/2020

The Washington, D.C. professional football team recently announced plans to cease using the name “Redskins” in favor of a new name. The “Redskins” name has been the source of both cultural and trademark conflict through the...more

Sue-per Bowl Shuffle III: The Year In NFL-Related Intellectual Property Litigation

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark on 1/30/2017

Two years ago, I started worrying about what would happen if someone at a Super Bowl party asked me to explain an NFL-related lawsuit, particularly one of those intellectual property lawsuits that sports fans assume IP...more

Trademark and Copyright Law News - March 2016

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 3/7/2016

This edition of Trademark and Copyright Law News is all about big ticket entertainment, sports and fashion events. We've kept busy this winter tracking the intellectual property disputes related to the Oscars, Super Bowl,...more

Don’t Let Your Super Bowl Promotion Get Sidelined

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/1/2016

Every year at this time clients call who want to take advantage of Super Bowl frenzy, whether by running an online sweepstakes, offering a special deal to customers on Super Sunday, posting memes on their Facebook pages,...more

Intellectual Property 2014 Year in Review

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/20/2015

The year 2014 saw some important developments in the area of intellectual property law. A number of intellectual property-related issues even made national headlines. Who can forget the public debate over the rightful...more

Sue-per Bowl Shuffle 2014: The Year in NFL-Related Intellectual Property Litigation

Heading into this year’s Super Bowl party season, there are two things every lawyer should be concerned about. First, why can’t your team get it together? Second, what do you do if you are asked to explain to your friends and...more

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