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&lt;p&gt;In a thorough thumping reminiscent of 46-10, hat maker American Needle and Jones Day scored a 9-0 SCOTUS shutout of The National Football League yesterday. The Supremes ruled that the NFL  when it comes to selling branded apparel. On behalf of the unanimous Court, Justice Stevens wrote, &quot;Decisions by NFL teams to license their separately owned trademarks collectively and to only one vendor are decisions that &#39;deprive the marketplace of independent centers of decision-making [&amp;hellip;] Directly relevant to this case, the teams compete in the market for intellectual property.&amp;rdquo; In other words, the League is an &quot;unincorporated association&quot; of 32 professional teams and not a single entity.&amp;nbsp; American Needle charged that the NFL owners conspired in limiting competition before awarding an exclusive 10-year contract to Reebok.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The case was a something of BigLaw appellate scrum. In addition to Jones Day&amp;rsquo;s work on behalf the plaintiffs, Covington represented the League, Latham counseled co-respondent Reebok.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dewey &amp;amp; LeBoeuf and Weil Gotshal wrote an amicus brief in support of American Needle on behalf the players&amp;rsquo; associations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, and the NHL, while Skadden weighed in for the NBA and NHL themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-posted by brian&lt;/p&gt;

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