There is a high-profile international trademark battle ongoing between Major League Soccer (MLS) and the legendary Italian soccer club Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A. (Inter Milan) over the mark “Inter.” Sports franchises in major American sports follow a simple naming…
On July 13, 2020, following a review of the team’s name, the National Football League’s (“NFL”) Washington Redskins announced they would be retiring both their team name and logo. “The decision [came] amid the Black Lives Matter movement — which…
The very popular video game, “Madden NFL” by Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”) has been around for quite some time since its release in 1988.[1] One would think that for the most part, all the legal “kinks” would have been addressed…
A former student at Baylor University filed suit in federal court against the university on Friday, January 27, 2017, claiming that she was raped by two former football players and that the university did not protect her.[1] Baylor University has…
Derrick Rose was recently sued in federal civil court because he and two friends allegedly gang-raped a woman. A federal civil trial was held in California in which Jane Doe is suing Rose and his friends for sexual battery. The trial…
Colin Kaepernick, back-up quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, most likely knew that he would not face legal consequences when he decided to indefinitely sit (or kneel) during each pregame performance of the national anthem. Kaepernick also knew that it was a risk that…
On November 10, 2015, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (pictured) ordered daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites like FanDuel and DraftKings to immediately cease New York operations on the grounds that their businesses constitute illegal gambling. The general public, as…
From the moment that FanDuel and DraftKings received the cease-and-desist notice from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on November 10, 2015,[i] both sides have constantly gone back and forth in the courts to determine the legality of daily fantasy sports. The…
Though the NFL offseason is set to begin, and many new stories will dominate the media, one story refuses to go away: Deflategate. With the case currently on appeal, it is important to entertain the possibility that the Deflategate saga…
At this given time, FanDuel and DraftKings are both legal in the state of New York. The fantasy sports industry allows people to create their own professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey teams from the rosters of the real players…
At the beginning of September, Sony Pictures Entertainment released a trailer for Concussion, a movie that paints a scathing picture of how representatives of the National Football League (NFL) attempted to cover-up and discredit the research of Dr. Bennet Omalu,…
In June 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) shocked football fans everywhere when it granted a petition to cancel six Washington Redskins trademark registrations. Filed by Navajo Amanda Blackhorse and four other Native Americans, the petition sought to…
