Playing the name game in pro sports: courts must officiate when unoriginality leads to team trademark disputes

Article Abstract:

Trademark disputes can arise over the use of professional sports team's names, and court cases have been due to lack of originality in names. For example, amateur teams may take a pro name or vice versa, as when the pro basketball team Washington Bullets became the Wizards and had to win a lawsuit from the nonpro Harlem Wizards. Many team names are commonly shared without dispute, and the general issue will probably never reach the US Supreme Court.

Sports Teams and Clubs, Sports clubs, managers, & promoters, Professional Sports, Names, Trademark dilution, Sports teams

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'Cart' blanche? A decision requiring accommodation for a disabled golfer has sports lawyers wondering what's next

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Disabled golfer Casey Martin won an injunction requiring the PGA Tour to allow him the use of a motorized cart during play due to a circulatory disorder limiting his ability to walk. The court considered the cart a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Sports attorneys across the US feel that Martin's case may force sports governing bodies to consider official policies toward ADA issues.

Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination

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Ticket to ride? Circuits disagree on whether the ADA requires gold tournaments to let disabled players use carts

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Martin v. PGA Tour is discussed, and ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) allowed a handicapped golfer to use a motorized cart during competition, an exception to the tour's walking-only rule. The 7th Circuit issed a conflicting ruling in Olinger v. USGA, disagreeing on whether the golf cart fundamentally altered the game.

United States

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