Tobacco Company Claims Ownership of NASCAR’s Winton Cup Series Trademarks

By Dr. Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer On January 20, 2023, Greensboro, North Carolina tobacco company, ITG Brands LLC, filed a civil lawsuit against the Winston Cup Museum, LLC, JKS Motorsports, Inc., and an individual by the name of Will Spencer, in the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Guilford County, North Carolina. The tobacco company’s claim: the defendants have been engaged in trademark infringement by using intellectual property ri