AMERICAN NEEDLE v. NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA SAINTS

No. 04 C 7806.

496 F.Supp.2d 941 (2007)

AMERICAN NEEDLE, INC., Plaintiff, v. NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA SAINTS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

July 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Carey, Law Office of Jeffrey M. Carey, Northfield, IL, for Plaintiff.

Derek Ludwin, Gregg Levy, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Earl Edward Farkas, Eugene E. Gozdecki, Gozdecki and Delgiudice, Timothy Bunker Hardwicke, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Since 1963 the merchandising of the NFL and constituent team paraphernalia has been through a jointly-owned affiliate, NFL Properties. The 32 teams may own the intellectual property involved, but the exploitation of that property has been delegated to NFL Properties. Over the years, the details of the arrangement have changed, e.g., a trust now acts as a conduit for the transfer of...

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