Media Source:

KOIN TV

Media URL:

https://www.koin.com/sports/trademark-lawsuit-alleges-disney-intentionally-ripped-off-portland-pickles/

Date:

2025/05/08

Summary:

The Portland Pickles, a beloved minor league baseball team, is suing Disney for trademark infringement over a new cartoon series that features a softball team with the same name. “If you’re looking at a baseball team versus a cartoon, those are really different,” explains Lewis & Clark Professor Amanda Bryan, who specializes in trademark law. “But if they’re both selling t-shirts” with the team name, buyers might be confused, as the lawsuit alleges.