Court Finds Minnesota Company Copied NFL’s Lombardi Trophy

A federal judge from the District of Minnesota has granted partial summary judgment to the National Football League and NFL Properties, LLC as to whether a trophy manufacturer infringed on their copyright when it manufactured fantasy-football-league trophies that resembled the Vince Lombardi Trophy.   “In this Court's view, no ordinary observer could conclude that Titlecraft's trophies have anything but the same concept and feel as the Vince Lombardi Trophy,” wrote the court.   The