NASCAR LEGEND DALE EARNHARDT JR. CLEARS UP TRADEMARK DISPUTE WITH RAVENS’ LAMAR JACKSON OVER STYLIZED NO. 8

“After a brief legal tiff between NFL MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson and NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. over a stylized No. 8 trademark garnered headlines a week ago, Earnhardt cleared the air and put the matter to rest Tuesday during an episode of “Dirty Air” on his podcast platform. The public addressing of the matter came several days after Earnhardt and JR Motorsports announced they would no longer be using the style of No. 8 that was the subject of a notice of opposition Jackson had filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In explaining the situation, Earnhardt began by recounting how he and JR Motorsports learned Teresa Earnhardt, his stepmother and the widow of Dale Earnhardt, was allowing the trademark for the Dale Earnhardt Inc. stylized No. 8, which he had used at the start of his NASCAR Cup Series career from 2000 to 2007 and adorned his Budweiser Chevrolet, to expire. Anticipating potential difficulties over acquiring the trademark for the DEI/Budweiser style No. 8, Earnhardt also filed to trademark the JR Motorsports stylized No. 8, which had been used on the team’s Xfinity Series and late model stock cars from 2019 to 2024, as a backup plan.”

Information taken from CBS Sport https://www.cbssports.com/nascar/news/nascar-legend-dale-earnhardt-jr-clears-up-trademark-dispute-with-ravens-lamar-jackson-over-stylized-no-8/amp/

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