Overview

• Jackson’s attorney Andrea Evans filed this week to withdraw the opposition with prejudice and without Troy Aikman’s consent.
• The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board agreed to dismiss the opposition, barring Jackson from refiling and endorsing the withdrawal.
• FL101, in which Aikman is listed as a director, had applied for over three dozen “EIGHT” trademarks covering items from beer to apparel.
• Jackson had held his own “Era 8” marks and argued Aikman’s filings would confuse consumers, a tactic that previously led Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s company to drop its No. 8 application in April.
• Aikman’s lawyer Brad D. Rose said adverse TTAB rulings prompted the withdrawal and called the with-prejudice dismissal an admission of overreach by Jackson.