“My first DMCA takedown”
Wendy Seltzer tries a little experiment, posting a video on YouTube of the NFL’s copyright notice displayed at the Super Bowl, not the football play itself. It takes five days for the takedown notice...
View ArticleUpdate: Takedown ping-pong
The match continues between Brooklyn lawprof Wendy Seltzer and the National Football League (see Feb. 22)(Jacqui Cheng, “NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions”, ArsTechnica, Mar. 20;...
View ArticleOur annual Super Bowl party post
One of the many things I like about my girlfriend is that she’s the one who wants us to get a bigger television. Of course, if we got too big a television, we might not be able to hold our annual Super...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Time
Which means, for the NFL, aggressive deployment of trademark lawyers time. Earlier here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Tweet Tags: Super Bowl, trademarks Super Bowl Time is a post from...
View ArticleNFL enforcement of “Super Bowl” trademark
Every year it seems to get worse, or better, depending on your perspective, notes Ron Coleman. Earlier years here, here, here, etc., as well as “Who Dat?” Tweet Tags: Super Bowl, trademarks NFL...
View ArticleFebruary 3 roundup
Many of our readers liked the ruling, but someone didn’t: “Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards” [BoingBoing, ABA Journal, Leonard/L.A. Times,...
View Article“Top Six Super Bowl-Related Lawsuits”
As collected by Bitter Lawyer. Tweet Tags: Super Bowl “Top Six Super Bowl-Related Lawsuits” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
View ArticleLindsey Lohan sues E-trade over baby commercial
On Super Bowl Sunday, E-Trade ran one of their annoying talking-baby commercials; this one featured a blond baby named “Lindsay” (the 380th most popular baby-girl name in 2008) that another baby calls...
View ArticleSuper Bowl (TM) trademark controversy XLVI, or even higher
Ron Coleman has yet another installment in the ongoing annual saga of legal jeopardy for organizations that promote their wares (big-screen TVs, snacks) by referring to a certain football weekend event...
View ArticleSamsung Super Bowl ad
It makes fun of the NFL’s overzealous protection of the Super Bowl trademark: Tweet Tags: Super Bowl, trademarks Samsung Super Bowl ad is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our...
View ArticleNew Jersey suit: Super Bowl tickets improperly not sold at face value
A lawyer representing a fan has sued the National Football League for allegedly breaking New Jersey state law by making just 1 percent of Super Bowl tickets available to the general public at face...
View ArticleSuper Bowl ads in review
A Georgia lawyer aired an ad bizarre enough that it’s made the rounds of the legal sites: More from Lowering the Bar (“As Rolling Stone suggests, it is a little problematic that the ad depicts him...
View ArticleReady for the Super Concave Serving Vessel?
Hilarious commercial from Staples makes fun of the trademark claims that keep businesses from talking about Super-You-Know-What sales, events, and gatherings this time of year. Earlier here, etc.,...
View Article“Why the SUPER BOWL® is the specialest trademark ever”
Ron Coleman at Likelihood of Confusion rounds up years of silliness, some of which we’ve covered here in the past. Tags: football, Super Bowl, trademarks “Why the SUPER BOWL® is the specialest...
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