MLB Advanced Media warns iPhone application creator to remove trademarks
Baseball application utilizes MLB team logos
Posted by E. Kiser on 08/07/08
Industry: Communication Technology
Defendant: Bulbous Ventures; Mark Knopper
Plaintiff: MLB Advanced Media
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Source: Tom Spring, “iPhone app maker gets hit with major league cease and desist,” PC World, July 17, 2008
Industry: Communication Technology
Defendant: Bulbous Ventures; Mark Knopper
Plaintiff: MLB Advanced Media
Jurisdiction:
Result:
Source: Tom Spring, “iPhone app maker gets hit with major league cease and desist,” PC World, July 17, 2008
On July 14, 2008, owner of Bulbous Ventures, Mark Knopper received an email from MLB Advanced Media demanding the removal of MLB team logos from his iPhone application called “Baseball.”
In addition to complaints of trademark infringement, MLB expressed concern that consumers may consider Knopper’s application to be an official MLB iPhone application, which the company released in early July.
Knopper’s free reference utility produces baseball statistics dating back to 1888, and was created with the intention of providing a free program for baseball fans. Knopper has said he will comply with MLB’s cease and desist order, sending out an application update to either blur the MLB logos or to replace them.
