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March Madness and Advertising:  Use of NCAA Trademarks (2023 Update – Part 2)

Broadcast Law Blog

Yesterday, I wrote about the history of the NCAA’s assembling of the rights to an array of trademarks associated with this month’s basketball tournament. Again, importantly, none of these restrictions prevents media companies from using any of the marks in providing customary news coverage of or commentary on the tournament.

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NCAA Tournament Advertising:  Use of Trademarks and … One More Thing (2022 Update – Part 2)

Broadcast Law Blog

Yesterday, I wrote about the history of the NCAA’s assembling of the rights to an array of trademarks associated with this month’s basketball tournament. However, there is no national set of rules as to what is permissible. Can the player wear a uniform with the school colors, but no names or logos?

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Court to take on student-athlete compensation, class action cases

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The announcement that the justices would tackle significant issues relating to antitrust protection for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and class-action lawsuits came just two days after the justices released their second set of orders from their private conference on Dec. companies cannot do business.

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March Madness: Nothing but Net for Trademark Infringement Claims

Broadcast Law Blog

As we have previously reported, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is very serious about taking action against anyone who may try to trade off the goodwill in its March Madness marks — even if the NCAA’s actual marks are not used. Clearly, such activities continue to carry great risks.

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The Clock is Ticking Towards the Super Bowl:  2022 Update on Super Bowl Advertising and Promotions

Broadcast Law Blog

M the prior year, and national advertising revenue totaled $545 M (up from $448.7 Similarly, unless it is licensed by the NFL, a company should not be listed as the sponsor of a “Super Bowl” event or party. (And, The investment seems to pay off for the networks. Sweepstakes or Giveaways: Prizes. Masked Advertisements.

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A Brave New World: The NCAA’s New NIL Policy and the Need for Federal Legislation

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4, June/July 2022, by the American Bar Association. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. Published in Landslide , Vol.

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