Jurisdiction means the power, right and authority to interpret and apply law, according to Mayer, Warner, Siedel, & Liberman (2015). The current petition for Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc. (2014) was filed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D.C. in 2006. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which is an independent administrative tribunal within the United States Patent and Trademark Office, resolved the case. The office is authorized to determine a party’s right to register a trademark with the federal government, or if the party already owns a registration, it determines its right to maintain it according to Mayer, Warner, Siedel, & Liberman (2015).