On April 13th Andrew
Luck’s attorney sent a cease and desist order to Leaf Trading Cards demanding
that the company stop selling/producing cards of Andrew Luck from the 2008 Army
All-American Bowl.
It seems that Luck’s attorney missed
an important detail, Leaf has an exclusive license with SportsLink, the company
that produces the Army All-American Bowl, which allows them to use the names,
likeness, images and intellectual property of players in the game and this
includes alumni players from previous bowls.
Leaf, in return, has filed their
own lawsuit against Andrew Luck to assert their rights to continue producing
cards of Luck from the All-American Bowl.
Considering that Leaf has the
exclusive license to all players in the game I do not see much coming from this
besides a declaratory judgment for Leaf allowing them to continue selling the
cards. I do not think it will matter much though because in a few days after Luck
is selected #1 by the Colts in the NFL Draft people will turn their attention
to officially licensed cards of Andrew Luck.
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