Former Haas Automation Inc. Formula One team principal Guenther Steiner and a Penguin Random House LLC subsidiary asked a federal judge to throw out the company’s trademark lawsuit regarding photos used in his autobiographical book.
Haas’ “frivolous” trademark claims fail because including photos depicting Steiner and other team members in Team Haas clothing or racing cars is protected by the First Amendment, according to the dismissal motion he and Ten Speed Press filed June 28 in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
Following Haas’ theory of infringement would allow sports teams to sue if the memoir ...
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