Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Subsidiary Sues Baseball Reference

GameChanger, the mobile scorekeeping firm owned by Dick’s Sporting Goods, has filed a trademark infringement against the Baseball Reference website.

According to triblive.com, the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh relates to Baseball Reference’s reported launch of a baseball-viewing app in August called “Game Changer.” The lawsuit alleges that Baseball Reference’s app is likely to create “consumer confusion” between the two programs.

GameChanger, launched in 2010, has an average of 3 million users per year, including more than 400,000 youth baseball and softball teams, according to the lawsuit. The GameChanger app, the complaint said, has garnered more than $90 million in revenue and has more than 600,000 reviews on the Apple app store. Dick’s acquired GameChanger in 2016.

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