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SCOTUS Sacks NFL?s Claims of Antitrust Immunity

By pete_gallagher

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The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled against the Nation Football League (NFL) in terms of specific antitrust language, which emerged from a lawsuit brought against the sports entity by apparel manufacturer American Needle.

American Needle had charged that the NFL's exclusive apparel agreement with Reebok limited competition, violated the Sherman Act and led to higher prices for consumers. American Needle further charged that an agreement between NFL Properties (NFLP) and Reebok did not allow the company to negotiate apparel agreements with individual teams.

In its decision (PDF), authored by retiring Justice Stevens, SCOTUS unanimously reversed a lower court's ruling, and, according to SCOTUS Blog, 'cleared the way Monday for trial of a lawsuit against the joint marketing of the right to use the teams' logos and trademarks on consumer goods.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).

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