Intellectual Property Rights in Sports Statistics Event (April 10)
Is there a Property Right in Sports Statistics?
When: April 10, 7:50 – 9:30 P.M.
Where: A600
On Friday, February 22, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.
("MLBAM") and the Major League Baseball Players Association ("MLBPA")
filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court
(No. 07-1099), seeking to overturn the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals'
ruling that the first amendment protects free use of baseball players'
names and statistics in fantasy sports games. MLBAM and the MLBPA both
contend that the Eighth Circuit's ruling fails to properly balance
important concerns about state-law publicity rights against first
amendment interests.
This lecture will analyze the need to find a balance between property rights
and first amendment rights in the context of sports, as well as discuss
some of the issues that the Supreme Court will likely consider if it
grants cert.
Prof. Marc Edelman is an Associate in the Sports & Entertainment Practice Group at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
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