Fourth Circuit Turns Away Creator of Ravens Logo Again

The 4th U. S Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling, denying the claim of an artist, who had alleged the hundreds of defendants unfairly benefitted from a logo he created, which was ultimately used by the Baltimore Ravens.   In so ruling, the court found that plaintiff Frederick Bouchat was barred from obtaining actual damages from the licensees by the Doctrine of Claim Preclusion and that he was ineligible to receive statutory damages because of his failure to regis