Court Sides with NFL in Copyright Litigation Case

A federal judge from the Southern District of New York has denied a plaintiff’s Rule 15 motion to amend a complaint in a case where the plaintiff is suing the National Football League and other organizations affiliated with the league for violations of copyright law, New York's statutory right of privacy, and the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a).   In so ruling, the court found that plaintiff Angela Burgin, who sued the NFL on November 15, 2013 and subsequently filed an amended complaint,