Classic Ink wins trademark infringement case

10 Aug '10

4 min read

American Needle successfully argued to the Supreme Court that the NFL was “not above the law.” “American Needle has obviously taken some strategies right out of the NFL's playbook in how they dealt with Classic Ink's infringement claims,” Hemingway said, “but no one is above the law, including American Needle -- they should know that from their dealings with the NFL.”

Classic Ink, Inc. is also attempting to stop other infringing uses of their trademark rights, such as the trademark infringement by the newly formed “Tampa Bay Rowdies” soccer team. The “Rowdies” team was formed in Tampa Bay by the Citrus Sports Group and Citrus Ventures. All those parties are named in a parallel trademark infringement Complaint filed by Classic Ink, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

According to the Complaint, without proper authorization, the Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer team adopted the team name “Tampa Bay Rowdies,” and began selling apparel items bearing Classic Ink's registered trademark in direct violation of its registered rights. “Like American Needle, the “Rowdies” soccer team is also ignoring Classic Ink's requests to stop all their continued infringement. I guess they just don't think we are serious about getting them to stop their violations of the law,” said Hemingway. “We are going to shut down these infringers one by one until the market starts to respect our intellectual property rights.”

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