Baseball been very, very good to lawyers
Do you remember the lawsuit by Major League Baseball over the use of — well, not statistics, exactly, but the rights of publicity in baseball... Read more
Tag: MLB
Foul baller
A former major leaguer goes from giving up runs to running from the law. From pitch counts to multiple counts. From pitching and hitting to... Read more
Best of 2006: Trademark City
The Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new baseball stadium have been sold to Citigroup. The stadium... Read more
Major League Baseball – SDNY Balks?
A potentially troubling (from the teams’ point of view) thought from the Southern District of New York in a case brought by Major League Baseball... Read more
Virtually athletic
Marc Edelman at Abovethelaw: On Friday, February 22, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLBAM”) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (“MLBPA”) filed a... Read more
MLB whiffs on the right of publicity
Alec Rogers: In recent decades, Major League Baseball has made great strides in developing its business operation. No longer content to make money from tickets,... Read more
Major League Baseball steals from customers
Compelling blog post title, no? So typical of the bloated steroid brains running that business. Yes, guys, you’ll always be able to do just whatever... Read more
The merger doctrine and copyright in data
In the New York Law Journal: Copyright does not protect facts, but (with a few notable exceptions such as fashion design) it protects almost any... Read more
Bad moments in lawyer advertising
Above the Law reports: Belluck & Fox is a nine-attorney law firm in Manhattan. The firm worked out a deal with the radio station that... Read more
MLB, IP piggies, strike again
Susan Scafidi writes about a guy who was stopped by Major League Baseball from selling “baseball shirts” that look like this (on the right): Huh?... Read more
Pure evil
And it doesn’t even exactly involve the Red Sox: Various buildings overlook Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Entities unrelated to the Cubs operate... Read more
Blawg Review # 242
Welcome to Blawg Review. Cold, rainy, prematurely wintry greetings from metropolitan New York. No exclamation point. It has been that kind of year, it seems.... Read more
Trademark City
The Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new baseball stadium have been sold to Citigroup. The stadium... Read more