“The complaint filed by Game Plan today is meritless and contains numerous factual inaccuracies,” the company said. Call her at (443) 524-8191. The organization, the Maryland-based Game Plan, is a nonprofit that works with young athletes, and they claim to have used the slogan, “I Am More Than an Athlete,” since 2016. To learn more about a subscription But according to the complaint, a group of children from the Game Plan program attended a Washington Wizards game against James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017, where they wore t-shirts with the phrase and met Wizards star John Wall courtside before the game.“The attendance at the game gave Game Plan tremendous exposure, as it was able to gain attention from John Wall in front of his peers including the (arguably) most famous athlete in the world, as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, at the time, LeBron James,” the complaint says.James’ media company uses the phrase on Nike-produced clothing including t-shirts, hats, hoodies, and sweatpants, the complaint says. To contact the editors responsible for this story: A Maryland youth development nonprofit sued LeBron James’ Uninterrupted LLC, Game Plan Inc. began using the phrase before James adopted it in response to conservative commentator Laura Ingraham’s comments that he should “shut up and dribble” instead of talking politics, according to the complaint.Game Plan runs programs dedicated to “educating the youth to ascend through the ranks of high school and college athletics and academics in order to attain professional level success whether in sports or otherwise.” It owns a federal trademark registration covering the use of “I Am More Than An Athlete” on t-shirts.James’ company denied the complaint’s allegations in a statement. Security features have been integrated on this site: If someone signs in with your credentials while you are logged in, the site will automatically close your ongoing login and you will lose access at that time. Game Plan Inc., a youth development advocacy organization in Maryland, last week sued James’ company Uninterrupted LLC, Nike Inc., and ESPN for allegedly infringing its registered “I Am More Than An Athlete Game Plan GP” trademark that it applied for in 2016. (WJZ) — A day after a fiery letter from Gov.

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(Updated with response from Uninterrupted LLC) James began using the phrase in 2018. [More Maryland news] Parents disappointed by closure of Howard Community College’s Children’s Learning Center » What’s more, the state cut its $789,000 funding to … Got news? A Maryland youth development nonprofit sued LeBron James’ Uninterrupted LLC, Nike Inc., and ESPN in a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday for allegedly infringing its “I Am More Than An Athlete” trademark.

A Bowie-based youth sports nonprofit is suing the media company owned by NBA star LeBron James for allegedly infringing on their trademarked "More Than An Athlete" phrase. youth nonprofit sues LeBron James’ company over trademark To inquire about group subscriptions or an enterprise site license for your organization, contact Already a paid subscriber but not registered for online access yet? Game Plan also named ESPN in the complaint for producing James’s “More Than An Athlete” TV series, and “NBA 2K” video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. for using the phrase in the game.The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. For instructions on how to get premium web access, Your email address will not be published. The group also trademarked the phrase in 2018.