By Patrick Danner, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-11-26 12:57:44
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一项联邦诉讼，由马刺队球星维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)提起，在提交诉讼仅一个月后就得到了解决。
在双方达成和解后，文班亚马撤销了对詹姆斯·T·格洛迪奇(James T. Glodich)的指控。格洛迪奇是一位奥斯汀商人，被指控未经授权使用文班的昵称和肖像销售品牌商品。 法庭文件中没有披露和解协议的细节。
周二，文班亚马在奥斯汀的律师和格洛迪奇均未回应置评请求。
此案于 11 月 15 日由奥斯汀的美国地区法官罗伯特·皮特曼(Robert Pitman)结案。
格洛迪奇从未对文班亚马的诉状作出回应。
这位身材高大的法国人起诉格洛迪奇，指控其未经授权在其咖啡杯、运动衫和其他商品上使用他的昵称“文班”，侵犯了他的隐私权和虚假代言。
文班亚马正在寻求未指明的经济损失赔偿，以及一项强制令，指示格洛迪奇停止使用他的姓名和肖像，并停止侵犯他的隐私。诉讼称，格洛迪奇从未回应文班亚马律师提出的停止其活动的要求。
格洛迪奇注册了域名 wembysworld.com，并在该网站上销售商品。周二访问该网站的访客会看到“即将推出”的消息。然而，去年，该网站兜售印有文班亚马肖像和昵称的 40 美元的咖啡杯、115 美元的连帽运动衫和其他商品。
当时，《圣安东尼奥快报新闻》报道了 包括格洛迪奇在内的一系列企业和个人是如何蜂拥而至，试图通过注册“文班”昵称的商标或将其纳入品牌来利用文班亚马日益增长的人气。
格洛迪奇试图为“文班的世界”和“El Wemby”注册商标，但未获成功。
美国专利商标局今年早些时候拒绝了他的注册申请，理由是这些名称“可能错误地暗示与”这位运动员“有关联”。格洛迪奇从未回应该机构的行动，因此该机构认为这两项申请均已放弃。
San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama recently settled a lawsuit that accused an Austin man of using the player’s nickname without authorization on the website wembysworld.com.
Austin’s James T. Glodich had submitted this drawing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as part of his unsuccessful effort to trademark “El Wemby.” Spurs star Victor Wembanyama sued Glodich over the use of “El Wemby” and “Wemby’s World.” The two sides settled the case this month.
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Victor Wembanyama’s lawsuit against Austin man has been resolved
A federal lawsuit filed by Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has been resolved just a month after it was filed.
Wembanyama has dismissed his claims against James T. Glodich, an Austin businessman accused of using the player’s nickname and likeness without authorization to sell branded merchandise, after the two sides reached a settlement. No details of the agreement were disclosed in court papers.
Neither Wembanyama’s Austin lawyer nor Glodich responded to requests for comment Tuesday.
The case was closed Nov. 15 by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin.
Glodich never filed an answer to Wembanyama’s complaint.
The towering Frenchman sued him alleging invasion of privacy and false endorsement over unauthorized use of his “Wemby” nickname on coffee mugs, sweatshirts and other items.
Wembanyama was seeking unspecified financial damages and an injunction directing Glodich to cease using the player’s name and likeness and invading his privacy. The suit says Glodich never responded to demands from Wembanyama’s lawyers that he stop his activities.
Glodich registered the domain name wembysworld.com, where he was selling merchandise. Visitors to the site Tuesday were greeted with the message “Coming Soon.” Last year, though, it was peddling $40 coffee mugs, $115 hooded sweatshirts and other items bearing Wembanyama’s likeness and nickname.
At the time, the San Antonio Express-News reported on how a range of businesses and individuals — including Glodich — were swarming to capitalize on Wembanyama’s rising popularity by trying to trademark the “Wemby” nickname or incorporating it in branding.
Glodich unsuccessfully sought to trademark “Wemby’s World” and “El Wemby.”
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this year refused his applications to register the names on the grounds they they “may falsely suggest a connection” with the athlete. Glodich never responded to the agency’s actions, so it deemed both applications abandoned.
San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama recently settled a lawsuit that accused an Austin man of using the player’s nickname without authorization on the website wembysworld.com.
Austin’s James T. Glodich had submitted this drawing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as part of his unsuccessful effort to trademark “El Wemby.” Spurs star Victor Wembanyama sued Glodich over the use of “El Wemby” and “Wemby’s World.” The two sides settled the case this month.
By Patrick Danner, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News