There’s gold in them there gloves.
Just in time for the Major League Baseball All Start Game comes this lawsuit between two baseball equipment manufacturers.
Rawlings Sporting Goods, which has given the “Gold Glove” award since 1957, is a bit peeved that one of its rivals has produced a glove with gold on it.
The lawsuit (pdf) claims that Wilson Sporting Goods has produced an infringing baseball glove that is being used by Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips. Phillips is a three-time recipient of Rawlings’ Gold Glove Award, but he’s a paid endorser for Wilson. Wilson produced a glove for Phillips to wear and use in endorsements that includes gold colored webbing. Rawlings claims this infringes its trademark because it’s likely to confuse viewers.
Rawlings is suing for federal trademark infringement, unfair competition, dilution, and a couple state claims.
Right: an exhibit in the lawsuit showing Phillips wearing the allegedly infringing baseball glove.
And the connection to domain names is?
absolutely nothing. you just have to suffer through reading an occasional non-domain story related to trademarks every once in a while on this site. 🙂
Brandon got snubbed by Larussa for the ASG this year.Payback for an on field scuffle between the Cards & the Reds last year:
http://thebaseballcodes.com/2012/07/02/la-russas-all-star-snubs-have-cincy-clubhouse-crying-foul/
Yeah…not related to domains or IP either.
All those whiners in Cincinnati. They should just try to win a championship on the field rather than griping about who La Russa (who won championships) picks to be in the All Star game.
🙂
Interesting, wonder what would happen if a player actually had a voice in what he wore beyond the motivatig money factor. If the man wants gold webbing that should be the end of it, if not against the games rules which it apparently is not. As for seeing gold on a glove and thinking Rawlings LOL I have owned quite a few gloves in my short life and that never crossed my mind, if anything seeing the gold lettering or script crack and disapper brought a smile to my face.
And I’m guessing that regardless of his performance he won’t be winning any more golden gloves. The winning criteria probably includes not endorsing a competitors products.
You can’t copyright a color.