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The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same: Risks of Using or Accepting or Engaging in Advertising or Promotions that Use FINAL FOUR or Other NCAA Trademarks: 2025 Update – Part II

By Mitchell Stabbe|2025-03-12T20:48:23-05:00March 12th, 2025|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…

The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same: Risks of Using or Accepting or Engaging in Advertising or Promotions that Use FINAL FOUR or Other NCAA Trademarks: 2025 Update – Part II

By Mitchell Stabbe|2025-03-12T20:48:23-05:00March 12th, 2025|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…

The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same: Risks of Using or Accepting or Engaging in Advertising or Promotions that Use FINAL FOUR or Other NCAA Trademarks: 2025 Update – Part I

By Mitchell Stabbe|2025-03-12T07:23:43-05:00March 12th, 2025|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. This is my tenth... 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 II

By Mitchell Stabbe|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 Mitchell Stabbe|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…

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

By Mitchell Stabbe|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 Mitchell Stabbe|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…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 5, 2022 to March 11, 2022

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2022-03-13T09:19:38-05:00March 13th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, and a look ahead to events of importance next week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The Media Bureau this week released the first of what... Continue Reading…

NCAA Tournament Advertising: Use of Trademarks and … One More Thing (2022 Update – Part 1)

By Mitchell Stabbe|2022-03-08T07:34:05-06:00March 8th, 2022|Legal News|

With the 2022 NCAA Collegiate Basketball Tournament 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 (see, for instance, our articles last year about this same time, here and here). ... Continue Reading…