Last year, it was Lamar Jackson against Troy Aikman in a Copyright quarrels on n ° 8. This year, the Ravens quarter-arre has a legal problem with another professional athlete who is associated with the same number.
Lawyer Josh Gerben published an article on his company’s website concerning a file of April 2 by Jackson at the US Patent and Trademark Office. Jackson Question the brand request by Dale Earnhardt Jr. for a stylized version of n ° 8.
Jackson supports in his submission that: (1) He is largely associated with n ° 8 because of his status of the NFL; (2) Earnhardt’s efforts could falsely involve a link between the two athletes; And (3) Customers might say that the products offered by Earnhardt are linked to the products offered by Jackson.
Everything is very early in the process. The Jackson question against Aikman remains on hold. This new issue will probably take months or even years to resolve as well.
The legal system will decide on both problems. And, yes, in both cases, it seems that adult men compete for the rights of a number. The fact that battles exist underline the reality that Big Money depends on someone’s capacity or incapacity to obtain the duties to squat on a given figure.
