LeBron James’ Company Sued Over ‘More Than An Athlete’ Mark (4)

A Maryland youth development nonprofit sued LeBron James’ Uninterrupted LLC, Nike Inc., and ESPN in a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday for allegedly infringing its “I Am More Than An Athlete” trademark.

Game Plan Inc. began using the phrase before James adopted it in response to conservative commentator Laura Ingraham’s comments that he should “shut up and dribble” instead of talking politics, according to the complaint.

Game Plan runs programs dedicated to “educating the youth to ascend through the ranks of high school and college athletics and academics in order to attain professional level success whether in sports or ...