Baseball & the Law

As my beloved Yankees treated us yesterday to an exciting game, and may very well make it to the post-season, I can relax and enjoy this discussion on baseball law, between Professor Paul Finkelmann and Professor Howard Wasserman.

How To Profit From Your Image, Literally...

Do I need a life size image of Derek Jeter? Probably not, and that's too bad.

Number 42 goes 1125(d)

Via The Legal Satyricon, the cease and desist letter sent by the attorney of Mariano Rivera to the person who registered marianorivera.com. But apparently, he will be able to continue to operate its fan site, for now at least. I noticed that the site features some ads, but The Legal Satyricon made a point mentioning he did not have any and thus avoided the "for profit" pitfall. I wonder if he added them recently?

Via The Trademark Blog, great article by Brian Socolow about the right of publicity of athletes. The image of an athlete is indeed "a valuable commodity."