Monthly Archives: August 2021

Dealmaking Pitfalls in NCAA’s New NIL Policy



In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law BlogScott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the NCAA’s recent policy change which allows college athletes to monetize their NIL, as well as potential downsides to the new policy.

Watch the full episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.


NCAA Erects Challenge to ‘Vasectomy Mayhem’ Trademark



In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law BlogScott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the NCAA’s decision to petition a trademark held by a urology office due to its alleged likeness to its own trademarks, ‘March Mayhem’ and ‘March Madness.’

Watch the video version of this episode on Weintraub’s YouTube channel, here.


Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?



In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss lawsuits over identifiable tattoos on professional athletes featured in video games, and who owns the copyright to body art.

Watch the video version of this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here.

Continue reading Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?


Dr. Seuss Sets Photon Torpedoes on Star Trek Mashup in 9th Circuit Appeal (Part Two, Trademark)



In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the Ninth Circuit ruling on the trademark aspects of Dr. Seuss “mashups.”

Watch the video version of this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here.

Listen to part one of this topic here.

Watch the video version of part one here.

Continue reading Dr. Seuss Sets Photon Torpedoes on Star Trek Mashup in 9th Circuit Appeal (Part Two, Trademark)


Dr. Seuss Sets Photon Torpedoes on Star Trek Mashup in 9th Circuit Appeal (Part One, Copyright)



In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the Ninth Circuit ruling on the copyright aspects of Dr. Seuss “Mashups.”

Watch the video of this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here.

Listen to part two of this topic here.

Watch part two of this topic here.

Cases discussed:

  • Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. Penguin Books USA
  • Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. Comic Mix LLC