By Martin Skladany, Law Professor, Penn State University, Dickinson Law The inequality between the gilded elite football clubs and all other teams is widening. One way to address this concern is to create more European football tournaments for the clubs most people live next to. Specifically, the Union of European Football Associations (“UEFA”) should establish two new tournaments—one for […]
Image Courtesy of Foodie Factor/Pixabay By Alec Winshel In Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment does not protect use of another’s trademark as a signifier of one’s own product. Trademarks are words or symbols that identify a seller’s goods and distinguish them from others in
By: Lea Washington What do you get when you put a roll and gravy together? A lawsuit apparently. The “Rickrollin’” star Rick Astley is suing upcoming rapper Yung Gravy and his team. Gravy’s song “Betty” is the focus of this dispute, as it borrows from the song “Never Gonna Give You Up” which boasts 1.3
This post is one article in a two-part series on NFTs. This article covers in depth the legal implications of the proliferation of NFTs. Read our other installment to learn more about how NFTs work and where they’re leaving a mark in the arts, entertainment, and sports industries. If you’ve logged on to any social
This post is one article in a two-part series on NFTs. Read along to learn more about how NFTs work and where they’re leaving a mark in the arts, entertainment, and sports industries. Then, read our next installment, which covers in more depth the legal implications of the proliferation of NFTs. Trading cards are in
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides protection for copyright holders to quickly allow for the removal of their material from the Internet if it is used illegally. It has a major presence in much of our entertainment world, particularly in the streaming community. The process of a DMCA takedown takes place as companies and
The wait is over. Earlier this month, EA Sports announced that it would revive its popular college football video game franchise NCAA Football. This time around, however, the game will be called EA Sports College Football. The name is not the only thing that will be different about the game, which marks the first college
Steven Bank is the Vice Dean for Curricular and Academic Affairs and Paul Hastings Professor of Business Law at UCLA School of Law. Professor Bank, who received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Chicago, is a frequent commentator on sports law issues, particularly in the context of soccer,
Charles Grantham is Director and Faculty Associate Professor, Center for Sport Management, at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business. He has also served as a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor in New York University’s School of Professional Studies, Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media and Business. He was the first Executive Vice President of the
Alicia Jessop, Esq. ([email protected]) is a tenure-track Associate Professor of Sport Law at Pepperdine University. An attorney licensed to practice in California and Colorado, Alicia is the president-elect of the Sport and Recreation Law Association and serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport and Sport Innovation Journal. A regular
Michael Feblowitz is a 2020 graduate of Boston College Law School, cum laude, and an experienced author on the topic of NIL. Feblowitz was awarded First Place in the 2020 Sports Lawyers Association Student Writing Competition for his article, “One NIL: The Impact and Constitutionality of the Fair Pay to Play Act.” Prior to law
