12th Man Up in the First Half: Texas Court Rules that Aggies Athletic Foundation Owes No Fiduciary Duty to Football Boosters, Second Half to Reveal Winner on Contract Claims -
There is perhaps no relationship stronger and...more
8/1/2024
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
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Fiduciary Duty ,
Football ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Lanham Act ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
NV Supreme Court ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks
Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials. ...more
8/5/2021
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Copyright Infringement ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
First Amendment ,
Football ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Interviews ,
Ireland ,
Mahanoy Area School District v B.L. ,
Public Schools ,
SCOTUS ,
Snapchat ,
Student Speech ,
Students ,
Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. ,
Wiretapping
Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials. Your feedback,...more
10/29/2019
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Consumer Fraud ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Use ,
Fantasy Sports ,
Federal Trademark Register ,
Football ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Online Gaming ,
Opt-Outs ,
Privacy Policy ,
Sports ,
Sports Betting ,
Sports Gambling ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Trademarks ,
Universities ,
USPTO
In Three Point Shot, we will attempt to both inform and entertain you by highlighting three sports law-related items and providing you with links to related materials. We hope you enjoy this and future issues. Any feedback,...more
8/3/2018
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Football ,
Gross Negligence ,
Indemnification ,
Inherently Dangerous Activities ,
Sports ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks
Can a High School Football Coach Say a Hail Mary after a Hail Mary?
High school football coach Joseph Kennedy was not instructing his quarterback to take a knee in victory formation to run down the clock. Instead, in an...more
4/12/2018
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Athletes ,
Attorney's Fees ,
First Amendment ,
Football ,
Patent Litigation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Royalties ,
School Sports ,
Sports ,
Title VII ,
Trademarks
"12th Man" Suit Forces Aggies to Call an Audible on Traditional Copyright Defenses -
Texas A&M University's "12th Man" is at the center of a legal blitz facing the University's Athletic Department. On January 19, 2017,...more
6/29/2017
/ Books ,
Class Action ,
College Athletes ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
False Advertising ,
First Amendment ,
Football ,
Lanham Act ,
MGM ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Movies ,
Online Magazines ,
Personal Care Products ,
Settlement ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Sports ,
State Universities ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Premier League Takes the Pitch in Fight against Pirated Streams -
The United Kingdom's most popular soccer league is using skillful legal tackling to maintain possession of its intellectual property. The Football...more
4/14/2017
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Copyright Infringement ,
Domain Names ,
Football ,
Illegal Digital Downloads ,
Injunctions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
IP License ,
Italy ,
Lanham Act ,
Lottery ,
Name and Likeness ,
Online Gaming ,
Patent Infringement ,
Piracy ,
Reputational Injury ,
Trademark Infringement ,
UDRP ,
UK ,
Unfair Competition ,
WIPO
In Partial Trademark Victory over Chinese Sportswear Company, MJ Posterizes Unauthorized User of Chinese Version of His Name -
In Game 3 of the first round of the 1991 NBA Eastern Conference playoffs between the New York...more
12/24/2016
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Basketball ,
Breach of Contract ,
Broadcasting ,
Burden of Proof ,
China ,
Coaches ,
College Athletes ,
Copyright ,
Counterfeiting ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Disgorgement ,
Federal Trademark Register ,
Football ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Lanham Act ,
Michael Jordan ,
Misappropriation ,
Negligent Supervision ,
Passing Off ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Sports ,
Statutory Damages ,
Supreme Peoples Court ,
Surviving Spouse ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition ,
Universities ,
Waiver of Liability ,
World Chess ,
Wrongful Death
With very special thanks to our summer associates Elizabeth Horan (Case Western), Erica Esposito (Harvard), Joshua Espinosa (NYU), Bryce Johnston (Georgetown), Ryan Harris (NYU), and Alex Rosen (Harvard), the Proskauer Sports...more
8/8/2013
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Comcast ,
Competition ,
Copyright ,
Damages ,
Electronic Arts ,
FCC ,
Football ,
Infringement ,
Lanham Act ,
Movies ,
MVPD ,
Nike ,
Photographs ,
Piracy ,
Sports