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Thema speichern VorschauMONTPELIER, Vt. -- A nonprofit organization set up by injured professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce to support people who have suffered brain injuries is suing a Los Angeles-based group over the right to the phrase Love your Brain.The federal lawsuit filed in Vermont by Love Your Brain Foundation Inc. says the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles has been using the term that was trademarked by Pearces organization in 2014.We said, `Wait a minute. This is not only the name of our company, it is our trademark and you cant be using our trademark, Geoffrey Vitt, an attorney for Love Your Brain, said Thursday. Vitt also is a board member for the Vermont foundation.The Love Your Brain complaint, filed in August, said the Epilepsy Foundation has used the trademarked phrase in a number of website postings and on physical signs and a bus. The suit said the Los Angeles group also has been using the loveyourbrain.org website, which was previously registered to the Vermont organization but was inadvertently allowed to expire. The Vermont group now uses the domain name loveyourbrain.com.The Los Angeles-based organization did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment.Pearce was among the top U.S. snowboarders before he critically injured himself when he struck his head during half-pipe training in 2009 for the Olympics. He went through extensive rehab, and had to relearn how to walk, talk and swallow.Pearce founded the Vermont organization in 2013, the same year it began using the phrase Love Your Brain. The term was trademarked the following year. It has full-time staff in five states and has conducted programs in 40 states.The Vermont groups logo features Love Your Brain Foundation in a purple circle; the O in love is in the shape of a brain. The organization also markets and sells its own brand of products, some of which include the phrase.Pearce started the Love Your Brain Foundation with his brother. It works to improve the quality of life of people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries through community programs, to educate young athletes about the importance of loving their brains and preventing concussions, and to promote public awareness of brain injury and health.Cheap Authentic NHL Jerseys . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. Cheap Hockey Jerseys China . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. http://www.wholesalejerseyshockey.com/ . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. Discount NHL Jerseys . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. Cheap Hockey Jerseys Authentic . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator.SAN DIEGO -- A jury has awarded $3.35 million to Beth Burns, the former womens basketball coach for San Diego State who claimed she was fired for being a whistle-blower.Burns prevailed Wednesday in a suit that claimed she was wrongfully terminated.Burns was fired in 2013 after the team had a 27-win season -- a school record.The university said Burns was fired after an investigation concluded she had a history of mistreating underlings, including elbowing an assistantt coach.ddddddddddddBurns denied the allegations and said she was fired in retaliation for demanding equal treatment of the womens and mens basketball programs as required under federal Title IX law.Burns alleged she was a victim of whistle-blower retaliation, although her defense never argued that the university actually violated Title IX. ' ' '