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- Vkk Corporation, Vkk Patriots, Inc. and Victor K. Kiam, Ii, Plaintiffs Counter Defendants Appellants, - v. - National Football League, B & B Holdings, Inc., the Five Smiths, Inc., Buffalo Bills, Inc., the Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., Cleveland Browns Football Co., Dallas Cowboys Football, Inc., Pdb Sports Inc., the Detroit Lions, Inc., the Green Bay Packers, Inc., Houston Oilers, Inc., Indianapolis Colts, Inc., Kansas City Chiefs Football Club Inc., Miami Dolphins, Ltd., Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., New York Football Giants, Inc., New York Jets Football Club, Inc., Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Inc., San Diego Chargers Football Co., Seattle Seahawks, Inc., Tampa Bay Area Nfl Football, Inc., Pro Football, Inc. and Touchdown Jacksonville, Ltd., Defendants Counter Claimants Appellees, Touchdown Jacksonville, Inc., Defendant Appellee., 244 F.3d 114 (2nd Cir. 2001)
Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Milton Pollack, Judge) rendered partly on a jury ver...
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A Penn Hills sportswear manufacturer admitted in federal court Wednesday that his unlicensed T-shirts and hoodies are intended to make money off the popularity of the Pittsburgh Steelers and some of the team's players.
NFL Properties LLC and Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Inc. sued Nicholas Wohlfarth of Monroeville, owner of Turtle Creek Sportswear, in 2005 for trademark infringement. They asked U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry to find Wohlfarth and his company in contempt of a court order that he stop selling items similar to official Steelers merchandise.
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- St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. National Football League; B & B Holdings, Inc.; the Five Smiths, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cleveland Browns Football Company, Inc.; Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.; Pbd Sports, Ltd; the Detroit Lions, Inc.; the Green Bay Packers, Inc; Houston Oilers, Inc.; Indianapolis Colts, Inc.; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.; Miami Dolphins, Ltd.; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; New England Patriots, Limited Partnership; the New Orleans Saints; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc.; Philadelphia Eagles Holdings, L.P.; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.; Chargers Football Company; San Francisco Forty-Niners, Limited; Seattle Seahawks, Inc.; Pro-Football Inc., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellant., 154 F.3d 851 (8th Cir. 1998)
Alan Popkin, St. Louis, MO, argued (Arthur L. Smith and Charles S. Kramer, on the brief), for Appellant.
Gregg H. Levy, Washington, DC, argued (Sonya...
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- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. National Football League, an Unincorporated Association, Baltimore Football Club, Inc. (Baltimore Colts), Buffalo Bills, Inc., Chargers Football Co. (San Diego Chargers), Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., Cleveland Browns, Inc., Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc., Detroit Lions, Inc., Five Smiths, Inc. (Atlanta Falcons), Green Bay Packers, Inc., Houston Oilers, Inc., Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., Los Angeles Rams Football Co., Miami Dolphins, Ltd., Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., New England Patriots Football Club, Inc., New Orleans Saints Louisiana Partnership, New York Football Giants, New York Jets Football Club, Inc., Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., Pro-Football, Inc. (Washington Redskins), Efk Sports, Ltd., Sued Herein as Rocky Mountain Empire Sports, Inc. (Denver Broncos), St. Louis Football Cardinals Co., San Francisco Forty-Niners, Seattle ..., 791 F.2d 1356 (9th Cir. 1986)
Maxwell M. Blecher, Howard F. Daniels, Blecher, Collins & Weinstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
Joseph L. Alioto, Joseph M. Aliot...
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- the Mid-South Grizzlies (a Joint Venture); John Edward Bosacco; Mid-South Grizzlies (a Limited Partnership); and Consolidated Industries, Inc., Appellants v. the National Football League, an Unincorporated Association; Baltimore Football Club, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chargers Football Company; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc.; Detroit Lions, Inc.; Five Smiths, Inc.; Green Bay Packers, Inc.; Houston Oilers, Inc.; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.; Los Angeles Rams Football Company; Miami Dolphins, Ltd.; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc.; New Orleans Saints Louisiana Partnership; Oakland Raiders, Ltd.; Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc.; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.; Pro-Football, Inc.; Rocky Mountain Empire Sports, Inc.; San Francisco Forty Niners; Seattle Professional ..., 720 F.2d 772 (3rd Cir. 1983)
Richard A. Sprague, Edward H. Rubenstone, Steve Alexander, Sprague & Rubenstone, Philadelphia, Pa., Gary Green (argued), Neil A. Morris, Sidkoff, Pinc...
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A Penn Hills sportswear manufacturer turned over 778 pieces of illegally made clothing Tuesday to a Washington state Christian humanitarian organization that ships losing playoff teams' "championship" jerseys to needy people in other countries, according to court documents.
NFL Properties LLC and Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Inc. sued Turtle Creek Sportswear for violating a 2005 consent order that settled a trademark lawsuit they brought against the company.
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- Reggie White; Michael Buck; Hardy Nickerson; Vann Mcelroy; Dave Duerson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Byron Evans, Objector-Appellant, v. National Football League; the Five Smiths, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.; Pdb Sports, Ltd.; the Detroit Lions, Inc.; the Green Bay Packers, Inc.; Houston Oilers, Inc.; Indianapolis Colts, Inc.; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.; the Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd.; Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc.; Miami Dolphins, Ltd.; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; Kms Patriots, L.P.; the New Orleans Saints Limited Partnership; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., Defendant, B & B Holdings, Inc.; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.; the Chargers Football; the San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd.; Seattle Seahawks, Inc.; Tampa Bay Area Nfl ..., 41 F.3d 402 (8th Cir. 1995)
Suzzelle Smith, Los Angeles, CA, argued (Burton J. Kinerk, Kenneth Lee and Colleen L. Kinerk, Tucson, AZ; W. Joseph Bruckner, Earle F. Kyle, IV, Thoma...
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In his battle to keep control of the fabled franchise his father founded 75 years ago, Steelers chief Dan Rooney might have the ultimate trump card up his sleeve -- the ability to persuade at least eight NFL team owners to scuttle a sale.
Five sons of the late Art Rooney Sr. combine to control 80 percent of Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Inc. stock, and their McGinley relatives hold the rest. New York billionaire and rabid Black & Gold fan Stanley Druckenmiller has been sniffing out a McGinley sale since 2006 and recently announced that he's talking to the Rooney brothers about finalizing a deal for their stake.
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A Penn Hills sportswear manufacturer admitted in federal court Wednesday that his unlicensed T-shirts and hoodies are intended to make money off the popularity of the Pittsburgh Steelers and some of the team's players.
NFL Properties LLC and Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Inc. sued Nicholas Wohlfarth of Monroeville, owner of Turtle Creek Sportswear, in 2005 for trademark infringement. They asked U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry to find Wohlfarth and his company in contempt of a court order that he stop selling items similar to official Steelers merchandise.
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A Penn Hills sportswear manufacturer has asked a federal judge to delay until Tuesday a ruling on whether it violated a 2005 court order, saying it has hired a new attorney.
Turtle Creek Sportswear claims in the motion filed Thursday that the delay won't harm plaintiffs NFL Properties LLC and Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Inc. because the company has pulled all the merchandise off the markets that they claim violates the league's and the team's trademarks.
