Lamar Jackson challenges Dale Earnhardt Jr. del n. 8

Lamar Jackson’s journey to win the battle of the famous n. 8S is running.

Last year, Jackson challenged a brand request From the Quarterback Pro Football Hall of Fame Troy Aikman to put “eight” on clothing and bags. Now, Jackson has turned to the request for a suspended brand of Dale Earnhardt Jr. of a stylized n. 8 that Earnhardt used for his JR Motorsports race team.

Jackson’s lawyers presented a Opposition notice On Wednesday with the Patent Office and brands of the United States, stating that Earnhardt Jr.’s statement would be in conflict with the two -time brand “It was 8” of the NFL MVP, which covers a variety of bags and “Bottoms such as clothing, footwear, headdresses, tops as clothing (E) undergaries”.

“(Earnhardt Jr.) Mark falsely suggests a connection with people, who live or death, that is to say Lamar Jackson, well known at number 8,” said the deposit.

The requests for comments from Earnhardt Jr. and Jackson’s lawyers, as well as a spokesman for Earnhardt Jr., were not immediately returned.

Earnhardt Jr. was associated with n. 8 from the late 90s, when he broke into the cup series while running for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (de (dei) -The race team owned by his seven times Nascar champion, Dale Earnhardt Sr.

After the death of Earnhardt Sr. in Daytona 500 in 2001, Earnhardt Jr. fought to find common ground with her stepmother, Teresa Earnhardt, who took control of the race team. Earnhardt Jr. left to join Handrick Motorsports after the 2007 season, where he moved to n. 88.

Teresa Earnhardt has retained the rights of the brand n. 8 Even after in the end it appeared and closed, but last year he surprisingly left the rights expired without renewing them. This prompted Earnhardt Jr. to present a claim for his old family member n. 8, which continues to run on the track quickly.

That detail n. 8, with a character so associated with Earnhardt Jr., is not challenged by Jackson. A second n. 8, also inclined but in a different character, is what Jackson’s deposit said that he would bring buyers to “erroneously believing that the products (Earnhardt Jr.) offer pursuant to Mark 8 are linked to the products and services provided by (Jackson)”.

If that n. 8 is recorded, Jackson, Earnhardt Jr. supported, would receive an “exclusive right to use a brand that will probably cause confusion” and “create a false suggestion of a connection” with Jackson.

The dispute was reported for the first time by the lawyer Josh Gerben On his blog.

(Photo by Lamar Jackson: Al Bello / Getty Images)