NFL, Baltimore Ravens Appeal Bouchat Ruling

The National Football League and the Baltimore Ravens have asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court’s ruling in the long-running copyright dispute with Franklin Bouchat, who created a drawing that was ultimately used by the Ravens for a period of time as a logo.   In the December 2012 ruling, the district judge denied Bouchat’s request for a permanent injunction preventing its further use, but required the Ravens to pay the artist “reasonable compensati