Federal Judge Remands Trademark Case Involving Sports Agency to State Court

By Cynthia Troy   Select Sports Group LLC, previously Select Sports Group, Ltd. and the defendant and counter claimant in this case, owns the mark SELECT SPORTS GROUP for use with sports agent services for professional athletes.   In 2007, a majority of Select’s owners formed SSG Baseball, L.P, which later changed its name to SSG Baseball, LLC, the plaintiff and counter defendant in this case. SSG LP was permitted to use the SELECT SPORTS GROUP mark because Select had a partial owner