LEGGO MY GECKO! AD AGENCY FILES SUIT OVER FUSION MASCOT

          FL-based ad agency Zimmerman & Partners filed a lawsuit
     against the Fusion in a Ft. Lauderdale Federal Court last
     week over use of the gecko lizard mascot the team has used
     since last season, according to Pedro Fonteboa of the MIAMI
     HERALD.  Zimmerman claims in the suit that it "created a
     design" for the mascot and that the Fusion "refused to pay
     an initial fee" of $25,000 and "seek permission to use it." 
     The suit, which says that the team has "profited from the
     copyrighted" design, asks a judge "to order the team to stop
     using" the mascot and "requests damages."  The suit also
     claims the agency is "suffering irreparable harm and damage
     as a result of the acts of the Fusion."  Zimmerman execs did
     not return Fonteboa's calls, and Fusion VP & GM Doug
     Hamilton declined comment (MIAMI HERALD, 5/12).