By Patrick Stubblefield of Freeman | Lovell Following the NCAA v Alston Supreme Court opinion, the NCAA scrapped its proposal related to name, image, and likeness in favor of an interim policy that was significantly pared down. The policy states, generally, that...
Brett P. Owens, of Fisher Phillips, has written a piece on NIL in Florida. It begins: “When Florida’s name, image and likeness (NIL) law went into effect this past summer, it created many opportunities for businesses that wanted to enlist college athletes as part of...
Athlete Licensing Company (ALC) has announced partnerships with three collectives that have name, image and likeness (NIL) rights to Southeastern Conference (SEC) student-athletes, including the 2021 National Champion Mississippi State baseball players. The Legacy...
By Corinne Zucker, of Cozen O’Connor On June 30, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) Division I, II, and III sports finally adopted a groundbreaking uniform interim policy suspending NCAA name, image and likeness (“NIL”) rules for all incoming...
Horns with Heart, a new non-profit entity, has announced their 2022 sponsorship to extend an offer to every University of Texas offensive lineman totaling $50,000.00 in annual financing per player. The program, dubbed The Pancake Factory, will be the first of its kind...
Donna Lopiano, former University of Texas AD and a leader for women’s rights in collegiate athletics, recently sent out the following missive in her role as President of the Drake Group. ““Newly enacted laws give college athletes the opportunity to earn substantial...
By Tal Dickstein and Alex Inman, of Loeb & Loeb The Fifth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of copyright infringement claims against Texas A&M University on sovereign immunity grounds, but held that the university’s unauthorized use of plaintiff’s work may be...
By David A. Moreno Jr. and Alvin Benjamin Carter III, of Brown Rudnick In 2014, Kurt Melcher, an associate athletics director at Robert Morris University, called up an executive at Riot Games, which publishes the popular video game League of Legends. The reason? He...
By Will Scolinos, GW Law, 3L (The following article appeared in Esports and the Law, a publication by Hackney Publications.) Who owns Pro Soccer Player Harry Kane’s top speed in a match? The velocity of a well-struck cross by Soccer Midfielder Bruno Fernandes? The...
By Jana S. Farmer and Adam R. Bialek The owner of the trademark Greek Freak™, 2021 NBA Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, received different outcomes in two seemingly similar trademark infringement actions heard by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
Score one for the Philadelphia Phillies in its long-simmering battle with the creators of the Phillie Phanatic mascot after a federal magistrate judge ruled in August that the changes the Phillies made to the mascot were sufficient to allow the continued use of the...
By Matthew Savare, Bryan Sterba, and Zachary Bocian, of Lowenstein Sandler Many years ago, the state of the law regarding name, image, and likeness issues (“NIL” or right of publicity) was once described as a “haystack in a hurricane.” Such a description...
