LeBron James and Nick Saban are unlikely adversaries, but James’s media company, Uninterrupted, and the University of Alabama have become foes in an intellectual property dispute, centering on Alabama’s “Shop Talk” web series and whether it has unlawfully copied protectable elements of Uninterrupted’s web series “The Shop.”
As reported by ESPN’s Dave McMenamin on Monday, representatives for Uninterrupted recently sent a notice of infringement letter to Alabama. The letter asserts, “Your continued exploitation of ‘Shop Talk’ infringes Uninterrupted’s copyright, trademark rights and other valuable intellectual property rights in ‘The Shop’ and significantly damages Uninterrupted’s commercial prospects for ‘The Shop’.