Disgruntled Customer Brings Antitrust Claim Against NFL Teams
By Sonny Hoang
On October 24, 2012, Patrick Dang filed a complaint in the United States District Court of Northern California alleging several antitrust violations under California’s Antitrust Law, the Cartwright Act.
Dang is alleging that the NFL Properties’ exclusive blanket licensing deals, covering every NFL team’s trademarks, logos, and emblems, with Reebok and, subsequently, Nike are unlawful restraints of trade. He alleges that the monopoly priced exclusive licenses in