NBA v. STATS

Citation: ''National Basketball Ass'n v. Sports Team Analysis & Tracking Sys., Inc., 939 F. Supp. 1071 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), rev'd, 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 1997).

The defendants offered "real time" updates of NBA games via American Online or special pagers. The NBA sued for copyright infringement, misappropriation and unfair competition. The trial court issued an injunction, but the order was reversed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Circuit Court held that the transmissions did not constitute misappropriation of NBA's "hot news" and that such claims were preempted by the Copyright Act.