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Dany Heatley Speedwagon
06/24/09

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Full press release on the lawsuit below:

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techstar25
06/24/09

In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
Nike is small potatoes compared to the other companies Fish & Richardson have gone to battle with. They recently represented Microsoft who was being sued by Lucent over MP3 and DVD patents - big time billion dollar stuff - and they prevailed.

I'm willing to bet that SportsFuzion wins this one.

According to Wikipedia Fish & Richardson are ...

* Ranked #1 in patent prosecution practice in the United States by IP Law & Business (November 2008) [1].

* Ranked #2 in patent litigation in the United States by IP Law & Business (November 2008) [1].

* Honored by Managing Intellectual Property in 2008 as one of the leading law firms in the United States. Fish was named the top U.S. law firm for life sciences/biotech work.

* Named in the 2008 "The Appellate Hot List" by The National Law Journal.

* Represents 11 of the top 25 World's Most Innovative Companies, as identified in a Spring 2007 Business Week survey.

* Named Top IP law firm in the country in 2007 Corporate Counsel Magazine.

* Ranked as the number one patent litigation firm in the country for the past six years by IP Law & Business.
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dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
06/24/09

@techstar25: +1
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Nice Beaver
06/24/09

@techstar25: F&R is the best IP firm in the country, but I don't know if SportzFoosyun has this one in the bag. I can't tell from Steve Barlow's comments whether or not SkortzFuziyn sold its rights back to the HOF after the January 2008 request to "renegotiate." The series of events, as described by Mr. Barlow, seems to go like this: IP rights purchased from HOF; idea presented to Nike; Nike said "no"; HOF called to get out of its contract with SnorksFunions; [UNCLEAR]; Nike announces Jordan HOF line. The statement is vague, and I have the feeling it's not by accident.
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Juancho
06/24/09

In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
Deadspin LLC was just summoned from their respective basements of their parents' homes by the LAWSymbol: a searchlight beaming against the night sky the logo of a lawyer chasing an ambulance.
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Hatey McLife
06/24/09

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This is the biggest failure involving SportsFuzion since the Bikini Atoll Beach Volleyball Tournament.
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ClueHeywood
06/24/09

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Won't SportsFuzion think of the children? The poor, nimble-fingered Cambodian children?
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the earl of weaver
06/24/09

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...people will buy anything even remotely associated with Michael Jordan.

Psssh. That's not true.

/closes medicine cabinet with 13 year old bottle of Jordan cologne inside
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ClintonPortishead
06/24/09

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the Hall of Fame suddenly decides they don't want to be in business with SportsFuzion

That's cold.
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Karlifornia
06/24/09

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This is the most important SportsFuzion since Chang and Eng Bunker played doubles tennis.
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ScientificMapp
06/24/09

@Karlifornia: Those goofy bastards were great. They married two different women, you know.
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92BuickLeSabre
06/24/09

@ScientificMapp: Sisters, no less. And had 21 children between them...so to speak.

One of the kids was...I'm willing to guess...the only Confederate soldier during The Civil War of Thai Conjoined Twin parentage.

I actually used to know some of their descendants. Many still live in the same part of N.C. where the Bunker's retired. Seriously, good stuff.
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MarkKelsosMigraine
06/24/09

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I thought Tommy Craggs was the only DS editor who could write angry, sarcastic screeds about litigation that has even the slightest, tangential relation to sports?

Guess I was wrong.

Fuck Nike.
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ScientificMapp
06/24/09

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SportsFuzion is represented in this matter by Fish & Richardson, the largest intellectual property law firm in the world.

Man, this firm really took the bait on this one, looking to land a big payday. I don't see it panning out.
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92BuickLeSabre
06/24/09

@ScientificMapp: I imagine they'll run out of energy and give up on commerce entirely when they get the first bill.

(Why should Fish have all the fun?)
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Gourmet Spud
06/24/09

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I look forward to their line of "SportsFuzion LawZuits" businesswear.
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