The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

After the 2015 transaction between the team and the league closed, the team was sued by a third party who claimed that the Gull logo infringed his artwork entitled “San Diego Gulls”. A logo is a graphic design and that has copyright elements. The team made two claims in its lawsuit against the league.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The team spent about $750,000 defending the copyright infringement lawsuit and ultimately settled with the plaintiff for $330,000. The District Court determined that both of the claims advanced by the team would rise and fall based on whether the 2015 assignment agreement transferred any copyright in the logo.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Indeed, in a world where “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed “, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let alone in copyrighted art works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Indeed, in a world where “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed “, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let alone in copyrighted art works.

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