There is a lot of overlap in sports team names. Repetition is noticeable when considering just professional and collegiate football, baseball, and basketball, where Lions, Tigers, and Bears (and Eagles, Warriors, and Wildcats) proliferate. Add…
The copyright wars concerning celebrity tattoos escalated further on Monday, with the filing in New York federal district court of a complaint against the makers of the NBA2K video games. Solid Oak Sketches, the plaintiff,…
Whenever celebrities or journalists post to social media about their appetites, preferences, and predilections for specific brands, astute readers may wonder: Is this personal? Or is it an advertisement, endorsement, or testimonial? Lawyers, though, should…
Did an Asian-American dance-rock band save the federal trademark registrations of a professional football team? Probably. The band, which calls itself The Slants, sought to register its name as a federal trademark. (The band’s front…
What do Jose Reyes, Yasiel Puig, Aroldis Chapman, and Slava Voynov have in common? Hint: there are three answers, not just one. Yes, they are all professional athletes. Less obvious, each of them is a…