Tiger loses Lawsuit
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:54 am
Tiger Woods lost the first taylormade Tour Burner Fairway Wood round of a lawsuit against an artist who sold copies of a painting of the golfer.
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U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit that accused an Alabama artist of unfairly TaylorMade Burner TP Driverf profiting from Woods' fame by selling prints of the golfer's 1997 Masters victory.
The lawsuit was filed in Cleveland because Woods' company, ETW Corp., is based in the offices of his agent, Cleveland-based TaylorMade Burner Driver International Management Group. Gaughan ruled that trademark or property rights laws do not protect Woods' image and that the First Amendment allows artist Rick Rush not only to paint Woods' image but also to profit from Taylormade Golf copies of the artwork.
TaylorMade R7 CGB MAX Fairway Wood
U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit that accused an Alabama artist of unfairly TaylorMade Burner TP Driverf profiting from Woods' fame by selling prints of the golfer's 1997 Masters victory.
The lawsuit was filed in Cleveland because Woods' company, ETW Corp., is based in the offices of his agent, Cleveland-based TaylorMade Burner Driver International Management Group. Gaughan ruled that trademark or property rights laws do not protect Woods' image and that the First Amendment allows artist Rick Rush not only to paint Woods' image but also to profit from Taylormade Golf copies of the artwork.