Touchdown Jets! Federal Judge Rules that New York Football Team Can Use ‘Ultimate Fan’ Phrase

By Matthew V. Bruno   The New York Jets recently scored a touchdown off the field when a Louisiana Federal Court ruled that a sports marketing company no longer owned the trademark to the phrase “Ultimate Fan” in Action Ink Inc. v. New York Jets LLC, et al. On May 30th, 2013 United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of the Eastern District of Louisiana granted the professional football team’s motion for summary judgment against Action Ink Inc. holding that the trademark was aba