Legal Opinion
C.B.C. Distribution & Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 16, 2007No. 06-3357, 06-3358PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc., brought this action for a declaratory judgment against Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P., to establish its right to use, without license, the names of and information about major league baseball players in connection with its fantasy baseball products. Advanced Media counterclaimed, maintaining that CBC’s fantasy baseball products violated rights of publicity belonging to major league baseball players and that the players, through their association, had licensed those rights to Advanced Media, the interactive media and…
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