A Philly radio station claims they could not say who was playing in this past “Big Game”. I don’t get it! 
I thought the courts said one cannot claim ownership to common words, such as: monopoly, giants, and patriots.
Can anyone explain what’s up with this @&^%##&^%#!!! stuff? 
There have been many threads here regarding the NFL’s vigorous defense of its “Super Bowl” trademark. However, I’ve not heard that a radio station cannot even use the term or say the names of the teams. That sounds ridiculous. NFL will not allow “Super Bowl” to be used in any form of advertising or promotions, but the media provide sports news reporting on the game and the teams all the time. In broad terms, that’s the difference–using the term for commercial gain vs. reporting it as news.
It sounds like some kind of joke or publicity stunt. There is absolutely no reason in intellectual property law why anyone could not report the fact of two teams’ playing against each other.
Of course, most radio stations these days are run by one of the big chains. It’s conceivable that Clearchannel or Infinity or whatever might have agreed not to report such things in exchange for some other benefit … a scratch my back I’ll scratch yours deal between two giant corporate entities.
I agree. WAG: A Philly radio station can’t bear to say that the hated Giants won the Super Bowl (over the hated Patriots, who beats the Philadelphia Eagles the last time they played in the Super Bowl).