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NBA Properties Lands Slam Dunk in Intellectual Property Win
Heard Around the Globe
NBA Properties, Inc. ("NBAP"), the exclusive licensee
of the National Basketball Association ("NBA") and NBA
teams' distinctive trademarks, along with other major
professional sports trademark rightsholder plaintiffs, deftly
navigated procedural issues to a Seventh Circuit win on personal
jurisdiction in a trademark infringement and counterfeiting action.
In an unwavering opinion, the Seventh Circuit affirmed an