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Guard Yourself Before Moving Forward When Accepting or Engaging in Advertising or Promotions that Use FINAL FOUR or Other NCAA Trademarks:  2024 Update – Part II

By |2024-03-20T08:08:28-05:00March 20th, 2024|Legal News|

Yesterday, I wrote about the history of the NCAA’s assembling of the rights to an array of trademarks associated with this month’s college basketball tournaments.  Today, I will provide some examples of the activities that can bring unwanted NCAA attention to your promotions or advertising, as well as an increasingly important development that should be... Continue Reading…

Guard Yourself Before Moving Forward When Accepting or Engaging in Advertising or Promotions that Use FINAL FOUR or Other NCAA Trademarks:  2024 Update – Part I

By |2024-03-19T08:40:37-05:00March 19th, 2024|Legal News|

Each year, as the NCAA basketball tournaments get underway, my colleague Mitch Stabbe highlights the trademark issues that can arise from uses of the well-known words and phrases associated with the games in advertising, promotions, and other media coverage. Here is Part I of his review. Look for Part II tomorrow. The last few years... Continue Reading…

Unauthorized Use of WORLD SERIES in Advertising or Promotions?  Strike One, Strike Two … !!

By |2023-10-17T08:47:31-05:00October 17th, 2023|Legal News|

Readers of the Broadcast Law Blog are familiar with the potential trademark claims that may arise from the use of SUPER BOWL® (see here) or FINAL FOUR® in advertising or promotions (see here and here).  I was recently asked, in light of the various “WORLD SERIES OF ____” marks that are being used for sports... Continue Reading…

March Madness and Advertising:  Use of NCAA Trademarks (2023 Update – Part 2)

By |2023-03-10T10:22:26-06:00March 10th, 2023|Legal News|

Yesterday, I wrote about the history of the NCAA’s assembling of the rights to an array of trademarks associated with this month’s basketball tournament.  Today, I will provide some examples of the activities that can bring unwanted NCAA attention to your advertisements or broadcasting of advertising, as well as one more issue that should be... Continue Reading…

March Madness and Advertising: Use of NCAA Trademarks (2023 Update – Part 1)

By |2023-03-09T10:43:00-06:00March 9th, 2023|Legal News|

With Selection Sunday this weekend, the 2023 NCAA Collegiate Basketball Tournament is about to begin.  As faithful readers of this blog know, broadcasters, publishers and other businesses need to be wary about potential claims arising from their use of terms and logos associated with the tournament. NCAA Trademarks The NCAA owns the well-known marks March... Continue Reading…

NCAA Tournament Advertising:  Use of Trademarks and … One More Thing (2022 Update – Part 2)

By |2022-03-08T21:44:24-06:00March 8th, 2022|Legal News|

Yesterday, I wrote about the history of the NCAA’s assembling of the rights to an array of trademarks associated with this month’s basketball tournament.  Today, I will provide some examples of the activities that can bring unwanted NCAA attention to your advertisements or broadcasting of advertising.  But, first, I will discuss yet one more issue... Continue Reading…

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