Luka Doncic is looking to get his brand back after giving it to his mother in 2018. Photo: AP Photo / Jed Jacobsohn.
Luca Doncic experience a great gift with the Slovenian team in Eurobasket. He made excellent presentations and managed to qualify for the round of 16 as first of the group: this Saturday he will play against Belgium. However, European competition isn’t the only thing he has in mind. He is also facing a legal battle with his mother.
Apparently, this Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks star filed a petition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deregister his brand Luka Doncic 7, which is currently in the name of his mother, Mirjam Poterbin. In full victory against Germany in the tournament, Luka and his team had to send documents on the deadline granted by the Appeals Commission and trademark trials, as revealed by journalist Marc Stein.
You don’t want to lose your mark
The 23-year-old basketball player gave Poterbin permission and gave him ownership of his brand in 2018, when he was in his freshman year in the NBA. However, tried to win her back a year ago, but her mother refused. And that’s why the dispute started. “I have to take care of many things as I continue to grow as a player and as a person and it is important for me to control my brand.”Doncic commented while talking with Stein.
It all started when, before the 2021/22 season, Doncic presented a new logo that would appear on all garments with his initials (LD) and his jersey number (77), as well as an S in reference to Slovenia. (Slovenia). . But when he wanted to register Luka Doncic, he received a notification that it was not possible because there was the Luka Doncic 7 brand, to which Mirjam refuses to sell. What will happen now?
Doncic triplet
This week, Luka Doncic surprised again with one of his own. 23 years old and with magic to show off everywhere, the Slovenian broke it all in what was an 88-82 win for his team against the French team in Eurobasket.
The brilliant performance of the young Slovenian was historic: got the second highest score of the competition with 47 units. The record still belongs to Eddy Terrance who reached 63 points in 1957 with the Belgium shirt. In addition, Luka finished the game with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.
Source: Clarin
