On Thursday January 13, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship conducted a press conference at Madison Square Garden “to announce a plan to bring UFC to The World’s Most Famous Arena, as soon as the sport of mixed martial arts is approved in New York.” As you may recall from my earlier article, “A History Lesson (or […]
Zuffa Files Trademark Infringement Complaint Against Ubisoft
On December 8, 2010, Zuffa, LLC filed a complaint against Ubisoft, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada alleging trademark infringement based on the packaging for the Ubisoft video game, “Fighters Uncaged.” (hat tip Robert Joyner). According to Zuffa, the “UFC® names and logos are trademarks that are owned by […]
Shifting the Legalization Debate in New York
On Wednesday, December 1, 2010, I coordinated a discussion on the legalization of mixed martial arts (“MMA”) in New York for the Sports Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association. The participants included: (1) New York State Assemblyman Bob Reilly, who is widely considered the voice of the opposition to the legalization of […]
Affliction Sued for Trademark Infringement
On November 16, 2010, a complaint was filed against Affliction, Inc., Affliction Retail, Inc., Affliction Holdings, LLC, Affliction Retail, LLC, and Affliction Entertainment Group, LLC in the United States District Court for the Central District of California by Timothy Sean O’Brien and Livfast, LLC. According to the allegations in the complaint, “O’Brien is a professional […]
Zuffa Takes the Piracy Fight to Google
In its active fight against piracy, Zuffa has taken a number of approaches to address the problem. I addressed many of these approaches in an earlier article, “Zuffa’s Piracy Fight– Winning The Battle, But Can It Win The War?” In that article, I noted many of Zuffa’s short-term successes but asked whether Zuffa is simply […]