August 31, 2017
A Missouri federal judge on Thursday denied Rawlings Sporting Goods' bid to temporarily block a unit of Easton Sports Inc. from selling a new low-end baseball bat model, finding that the prominence of each company's logo would minimize confusion between their products.
August 16, 2017
Baseball equipment giant Rawlings filed a trademark lawsuit Tuesday against rival Easton, accusing the competitor of ripping off a "5150" brand of bats with a new "S150" line in order to profit from a recent equipment rule change.