‘And 1’ Can Continue With Breach of Contract, IP Claim

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied a sports marketing company's motion to dismiss a complaint brought by The Basketball Marketing Company, Inc. (d/b/a "And 1") and BMC Players, Inc., which alleged that the sports marketing company violated the terms of the distribution agreement it had with the plaintiff and that it used the defendant's intellectual property after the contract had expired.   The defendant, Urbanworks Entertainment, had argued that the legal issues should be resolved