DePaul Journal of Sports Law Volume 16 Issue 1 Spring 2020 Article 4 Klawing for Protection: Kawhi Leonard's Battle with Nike over Intellectual Property Rights Gaetano Urgo Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jslcp Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons Recommended Citation Gaetano Urgo, Klawing for Protection: Kawhi Leonard's Battle with Nike over Intellectual Property Rights, 16 DePaul J. Sports L. & Contemp. Probs. (2020) Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jslcp/vol16/iss1/4 This Notes and Comments is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Law at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in DePaul Journal of Sports Law by an authorized editor of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Klawing for Protection: Kawhi Leonard's Battle with Nike over Intellectual Property Rights Cover Page Footnote Gaetano Urgo, J.D. Candidate, DePaul University College of Law, 2021; B.S. Philosophy and Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017. Gaetano currently serves as a research staff writer for the DePaul Sports Law Journal and will serve as the Editor-in-Chief during the 2020-21 academic year. Gaetano would like to sincerely thank his family for their support. This notes and comments is available in DePaul Journal of Sports Law: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jslcp/vol16/ iss1/4 54 DePaul J. Sports Law, Volume 16, Issue 1 I. INTRODUCTION Since entering the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) in 2011, Kawhi Leonard has gradually become one of the best professional basketball players in the world.