WHAT'S IN A NAME? KAREEM CITES THE ABILITY TO MARKET HIMSELF

          Former Lakers C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appeared on ESPN's
     "Up Close," and discussed the injunction he filed against
     Dolphins RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar for the right to market his
     name: "I was trying to protect my name that I market myself
     under in the [U.S.].  I market myself under that name, and I
     have copyrighted that name, and his using that infringed on
     my copyright."  Abdul-Jabbar said the Dolphins' RB "created
     confusion in the marketplace. ... People were asking me if I
     play football.  It got to that point, so there had to be
     some way to make a distinction between me and him in public,
     and that was something that we had to work out."  More
     Abdul-Jabbar: "I had to protect my copyright and the
     companies I work for" ("Up Close," ESPN, 4/28).