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6 Mar, 2008 9:31 am
... should be paid in the same way they are paid when their names are used to endorse products. The problem Major League Baseball has had in advancing this argument is that their position flies in the face of existing copyright
law. As the 8th ... the public domain. There is no violation of the right of publicity. Given the difficulty in getting certiorari from the Supreme Court, Baseball's brief argues for the need to establish uniform standards for publicity right disputes. In raising this issue, I ...
15 Nov, 2007 2:46 am
... C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P., et al. --- F.3d ---, 2007 WL ... Media, L.P. ("Advanced Media"), a MLB holding company to whom The Major League Baseball Players Association ("the Players Association") had
granted the exclusive right "to use ... rights "must give way" to First Amendment considerations, the Eighth Circuit characterized the baseball
players' names and their corresponding statistics as information that is "readily available in the public ...
31 Mar, 2008 10:41 pm
... judge granted summary judgment to CBC and denied summary judgment for MLB, stating that the baseball players' right of publicity was not
violated when their names were used for fantasy baseball ... cases in the arena of sports law may be decided. As previously mentioned, fantasy
sports leagues are growing in popularity and profitability, this factor could also induce the court to rule on ... . 8. C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P., 443 F. Supp.2d. 1077 ( ...
10 Jun, 2008 12:50 am
... s Demons, along with other players from other unrelated teams all over the real league. Yeah, I know: geek city; but come on, a lot of
people love it. In the 8th ... no trouble dispatching MLB's claims, and ruled for CBC. Undaunted, Major League Baseball, joined by the union representing the players, filed a petition with the United States Supreme ...
hear the case, so the lower court's ruling stands, and fantasy baseball is safe to play once again. MIPTC called this one when the case was
first filed, ...
20 Mar, 2008 1:22 am
... abandon Chief Wahoo as a trademark. But that is a story for a different day. The blog site www.thesmokinggun.com reports( March 18th) that lawyers for Major League Baseball have forced a Barak Obama supporter to shut down his
website. At this site he was selling baseball styled jerseys emblazoned with the word OBAMA. The jerseys displayed the colors of several
major league teams. And the word OBABA appeared on each jersey in ...
13 Dec, 2007 11:44 am
... . And not since the Black Sox scandal of 1919 has the reputation of Major League Baseball been rocked as it was today with the steroids scandal in which federal laws were ... their hard-earned money was wasted on all 30 teams. The Players
Association and the baseball owners are all responsible for this and they should accept responsibility for their actions ... these teams.
Instead, I'll take my kid to a baseball field with a few gloves, balls and baseball bat..then show
her some video of how the game ...
18 Oct, 2007 1:56 pm
... Inc. doesn't have to pay the players, even though it profits by using their names and statistics. The Major League Baseball Players Association had argued that companies like CBC are essentially stealing money from players,
who charge big ... the MLBPA would have gained monopoly rights over publicly available statistics and other information that is used as fodder for fantasy leagues across the
country, said CBC attorney Rudy Telscher. Telscher said the facts and figures are public information. He ...
6 Oct, 2008 10:39 pm
... in favor of MLB because the appellant did not challenge the licensing program under that rule. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Salvino, Inc., No. 06-1867 (2d Cir. Sept. 12, 2008) (attached MLB Properties v.
Salvino). The baseball clubs give (with a few exceptions) exclusive licensing rights to a single entity. According to the MLB' ... identical
licensing program by the NFL. See American Needle Inc. v. Nat'l Football League, No. 07-4006, 2008 WL 3822782 (7th Cir. Aug. 18, 2008) ...
24 Jan, 2007 8:44 am
What are the problems confronting Major League Baseball?
Steroids and amphetamines? Those certainly have made the news as of late, and not in a good way either. Well, during this baseball off-season,
I received an email from counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association. And, the #1 problem in Major [...]
14 Dec, 2007 5:49 am
Former senator George Mitchell released his Report on Performance Enhancing Drugs in Major League
Baseball on Thursday December 13, 2007. Here is an excerpt from a news release on the Major
League Baseball (MLB) website: " ... findings in the shape of a 311-page report, which was fashioned
during the past 20 months of investigations." " 'Everyone involved in baseball shares responsibility,"'Mitchell said during a news conference
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. 'Commissioners, club officials, the Players ...
28 Jan, 2008 10:10 pm
... Baseball Prospectus has now deemed the Stros' farm system to be the worst in Major
League Baseball ($): The worst farm system in baseball has
no top-tier talent, but plenty of older prospects. [On the top players in the Stros system under the age of 25]: The fact that Pence ... other organizations had passed the Astros in
Latin America in terms of committing resources. This is the worst organization in baseball, made even more dreadful by some early moves in the
Ed Wade administration that ...
29 May, 2007 5:49 pm
... Well, here's what Michael Mellis, senior VP and general counsel for Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), had to say about the Slingbox in this week's issue of ... Of course, what they are doing is not legal," he said. We and other
leagues have formed a group to study the issue and plan our response. A lot depends ... packages that the fans are buying. In other words, MLBAM thinks that it's against the law
for baseball fans who have paid for premium sports packages to watch while away from home. ...
18 Dec, 2007 11:42 am
New York Yankee Jason Giambi had already met with Mitchell investigators in July. Major League
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig Selig threatened to discipline him because he admitted to having used steroids. As the results of former
Senator George Mitchell's 20-month investigation into performance-enhancing drugs/steroids use by Major League baseball players became public, the wondering is over.
21 Dec, 2007 7:51 pm
Major League Baseball Properties v. Major League Moving and Associated Capital Services, 4:07 cv 565 (ED Texas Dec 19, 2007). Hard to believe. Look
forward to hearing how this turns out.
27 Nov, 2007 6:44 am
Major League Baseball's hope to obtain rehearing from
Eighth Circuit in fantasy baseball dispute is reduced to fantasy: The Associated Press reports that "Federal appeals court denies rehearing in
fantasy baseball suit." And St. Louis Business Journal reports that "Court denies petitions from MLBAM, MLBPA in fantasy suit." My earlier
coverage of the Eighth Circuit's three-judge panel ruling appears at this link.
21 Jan 2:11 pm
Major League Baseball Properties sues former licensee Don
Russ for use of various MLB properties. Complaint MLB Don Russ Baseball Publish at Scribd or explore others: trademark don russ m
1 Jun, 2008 6:27 am
"Major League Baseball goes to the Supreme Court; The
justices are to consider taking up a case involving whether Internet fantasy baseball games have a free-speech right to use the names and
statistics of famous athletes": David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
5 Jun, 2008 12:38 pm
"Take Me Out© to the Ballgame®: The biggest fantasy was Major League Baseball's claim that its fans should pay to talk about fantasy baseball." The New York Times contains this
editorial today.
15 Jun 7:29 am
... men of floppy plaid sunhats given away on Mothers Day, 2004. Wall Street Journal and ESPN report that the A's have settled for $500K+ -- obviously small potatoes in the world of
both class litigation and Major League Baseball, but still.
And Athletics Nation has the info for potential class members here. Surprise, surprise: it's a coupon settlement with gift certificates to Macys for class members and $260,000 in
attorneys' fees. Pathetic.
17 Sep 1:59 am
... affiliate has reported that reality TV star and former MLB pitcher Matt Keough was pulled over for driving under the influence in Southern California after running a stop sign in
his gated community. Keough played Major League Baseball in
the late '70s and 1980s. After his retirement, he served briefly as a baseball scout until he suffered a brain injury after being hit by a foul
ball. He then transitioned to reality TV stardom when he ...
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