Lamar Jackson, the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, filed a lawsuit against Dale Earnhardt Jr. last week over a trademark on his No. 8 style that was used on products, but it doesn’t seem like the NASCAR veteran is really worried about it.
Last week, Jackson submitted an objection claim to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, preventing Earnhardt from using his No. 8’s JR Motorsports style as a trademark for products.
Earnhardt gave an explanation of his lack of concern in the latest installment of his “Dale Jr. Download” podcast, which was released on Friday.
“I learned on social media about the same time as everybody else did that Lamar was contesting our trademark application,” Earnhardt said in the podcast. But he wasn’t suing me. He is simply disputing it.
According to Earnhardt, he had just submitted a trademark application for JR Motorsports as a “back-up plan” to the venerable Budweiser No. 8. Earnhardt, however, stated unequivocally that he had no plans to ever utilize the JR Motorsports No. 8 again.
“When I learned about it, I thought for sure it was over the Bud 8,” stated Earnhardt. But after doing some research, I discovered that it was that JR Motorsports font. And that was something we would never use again. “Always.”
Jackson now has nothing to dispute because Earnhardt and his family have chosen to withdraw the trademark application.
“So, no problem. “It is not a problem,” Earnhardt Jr. stated. “Much ado about nothing.”
The day after receiving Jackson’s contest, Earnhardt claimed to have stopped the trademark file because he didn’t want to get intoa legal dispute with the two-time MVP over a trademark that he didn’t even intend to use.
“I was not gonna argue with Lamar over something that I did not plan on using,” claimed the rapper. “I wasn’t gonna spend thousands of dollars with my lawyers to fight for something that I didn’t need.”
“Neither Lamar nor his squad are familiar to me. “Never met the guy,” he continued. “I didn’t wanna see this get nasty for no reason.”
