Katie Brown, Ph.D.

Education

• 2018 - Ph.D., Sport Management, Texas A&M University

Courses Taught

• SPMT 5329 Event Management in Sport
• SPMT 5344 Applied Issues in Sport Analytics
• SPMT 5346 Law in the Sport Industry
• SPMT 4353 Social Issues in Sport
• SPMT 4354 Current Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
• SPMT 4359 Legal Aspects of Sport

Research Interests

• Trademark Law
• Brand Management
• Legal Scandals

Notable Publications

• Brown, K.M., & Brison, N.T. (2022). Think like adidas: A quantitative analysis of adidas’ three-stripe trademark protection strategies. Marquette Sports Law Review, 32, 445.
• Brown, S.M., & Brown, K.M. (2022). Betting on athlete data: The legal landscape of professional sports, athletes’ rights, and gaming companies. Journal of Global Sport Management, 1-21.
• Cho, S., Brison, N.T., Brown, K.M., & Quinn, K. (2021). A theoretical explanation of sport trademark litigation:Already v. Nike and Forever 21 v. Adidas. Journal of Global Sport Management, 1-25.
• Brison, N.T., Pickett A.D., & Brown, K.M. (2020). Losing weight with Charles and Dan: Examining potential liability for endorser claims in weight loss advertisements. Sport Marketing Quarterly.
  
• Brown, K.M., Brison, N.T. & Batista, P.J. (2019). An Empirical Examination of Consumer Survey Use in Trademark Litigation. Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, 39(3) 237-283.
  • Awarded the Best Intellectual Property Paper Award by Thomson Reuters
• Brown, K.M., & Salaga, S. (2018). NCAA football television viewership: Do consumers care about both absolute and relative quality? Sport Management Review.
  
• Brown, K.M., & Brison, N.T. (2018). A tale of two trademarks: Comparing and contrasting brand protection strategies by adidas and Converse. The Entertainment and Sports Law Journal.
  
• Salaga, S. & Brown, K.M. (2018). Momentum and betting market perceptions of momentum in college football. Applied Economics Letters.