A couple of recent court cases touch on issues we've discussed recently regarding the licensing of image and other trademark-type rights claimed to be held by athletes and sports leagues.… Continue Reading
Yahoo! has followed up CBS Interactive's victory over the NFL, the NFL Players Association and their licensing arm, Players, Inc., that allowed free use of pro football player likenessses by fantasy sports operators with a suit of its own -- in the same court, of course.… Continue Reading
A lawsuit filed on May 5 in federal district court in Northern California by a former college football quarterback is the latest extension of a series of cases that have defined who "owns" sports statistics, facts and personal image rights.… Continue Reading
