BOUCHAT v. BALTIMORE RAVENS LTD. PARTNERSHIP

No. 08-2381.

619 F.3d 301 (2010)

Frederick E. BOUCHAT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BALTIMORE RAVENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; National Football League; NFL Productions LLC, d/b/a NFL Films, Incorporated, a subsidiary of NFL Ventures L.P., 1 NFL Plaza, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054, Defendants-Appellees, and NFL Films, Incorporated; The Baltimore Sun Company, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Howard J. Schulman , Schulman & Kaufman, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Robert Lloyd Raskopf , Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Daniel P. Doty , Schulman & Kaufman, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Mark D. Gately , Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Sanford I. Weisburst , Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees.

Reversed and remanded in part; affirmed in part by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY joined. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a dissenting opinion.


OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

For the fourth time we consider on appeal an aspect of Frederick E. Bouchat's copyright infringement cause against the Baltimore Ravens football organization and National Football League entities for their unauthorized copying of a Ravens team logo, drawn by Bouchat, that was used for three seasons as the team's official symbol. This appeal arises from an action Bouchat filed to enjoin...

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