(Podcast) The Briefing: Trademark Basics – Protecting Names, Logos, and Brands in Entertainment
The Briefing: Trademark Basics - Protecting Names, Logos, and Brands in Entertainment
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Navigating college recruiting is more complex than ever. With new rules on revenue sharing and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) opportunities, parents now play a critical role in helping their child make smart, safe decisions...more
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
In Virginia, House Bill 1505 has emerged and been signed into law, effective July 1, to tackle the expanding domain of name, image, and likeness (NIL) activities among student-athletes. This legislation aims to revolutionize...more
In the world of college athletics, the introduction of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights on 1 July 2021 revolutionized the landscape for student-athletes, presenting new challenges and opportunities for student-athletes....more
Husch Blackwell is pleased to share its third-annual NCAA Compliance Report, which explores the outside pressures NCAA Division I college athletics is facing, including the confluence of legal challenges, media rights, and...more
The University of Miami’s athletic program is learning that Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) can become a storm, or a tempest in a teapot depending on how you view it, both on and off the court. The Miami Hurricanes were...more
Name, Image, and Likeness Deals Are on the Rise - Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) agreements, which allow an individuals’ name, image, and likeness to be used to market and sell branded apparel, footwear, and other consumer...more
In continuing this week’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) suggestions, below is the first part of general pointers for student-athletes to keep in mind when it comes to NIL matters...more
The biggest event of the year in college sports just concluded as national champions were crowned in men’s and women’s basketball, and hundreds of thousands of college athletes are entering the influencer marketplace for the...more
The first domino fell in late 2019 when Governor Newsom signed The Fair Pay to Play Act into law. This was the first statute allowing collegiate student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness (NIL). ...more
As NCAA institutions, athletes, and other stakeholders continue to adjust to the new normal of name, image, and likeness deals for college athletes, a new trend is emerging: donor and alumni led third party organizations...more
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “March Madness?” Prior to September of this year, if your answer was NCAA basketball, you’d have been wrong. That’s right, prior to September of this year, only the NCAA Men’s...more
- With crypto investment frauds on the rise, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sent a warning to investors and published an investor alert listing out possible signs of a scam. Along similar lines, a Bloomberg...more
Well, today is the big day. If you’re reading this week’s installment of the Spotlight, it means that you survived the long and arduous journey of the name, image and likeness (NIL) era in college sports. Indeed, with the...more
“The NCAA is not above the law.” Those seven words capped Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s searing concurring opinion issued in connection with Monday’s (June 21) unanimous (9-0) U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alston v. National...more
As we inch closer to the summer solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere (the first day of summer for those of you who were asleep in science class), the heat is not rising only on the thermometer, but also in the halls of...more
On June 14, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Texas’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) bill, which had previously been approved by both the Texas Senate and the House of Representatives. The bill will allow collegiate...more
As readers from last week will recall, we spent some time examining the notion of credibility. One week later, we’re witnessing what credibility (or lack thereof) hath wrought on our subjects. Bob Baffert? Banned from New...more
Greetings, and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sports & Entertainment Spotlight series! The product of my unrequited desire for human interaction nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, this weekly feature will...more
An additional federal legislative proposal regarding college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights has been introduced on Capitol Hill. The Bill, known as the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act (“Freedom Act”), is...more
The topic of student-athlete name, image and likeness (NIL) has commanded national attention and has been the topic of much heated debates in recent months, everywhere from local college campuses to Capitol Hill. Over the...more
Signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Fair Pay to Play Act will allow college athletes in that state to accept payment for the use of their name, image, and likeness. In response, the NCAA has threatened to bar...more
We previously wrote about California Senate Bill 206, the “Fair Pay to Play Act,” back in April, and now Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed that bill into law. The law becomes effective on January 1, 2023. After numerous revisions...more
Whether the amateurism rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violate federal antitrust laws remains an active issue before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. But the dramatic changes ordered by U.S....more
Good News from Washington (For a Change): Trademark Filings Just Got Cheaper - The old joke is that the three least believable sentences in the English language are: "The check is in the mail," "Of course I’ll...more