NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. is shifting gears with his No. 8 merchandising.

Earnhardt announced on social media Friday that he has secured the right to use a stylized version of No. 8 and will forgo the original No. 8 logo used by his NASCAR team, JR Motorsports. His decision came two days after Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson filed an opposition claim with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to stop Earnhardt from putting that JRM version of No. 8 on merchandise.

We are looking forward to the remainder of an already successful season, Earnhardt wrote on social media.

Jackson, who has worn No. 8 since his college days at Louisville, previously registered the trademark ERA 8 by Lamar Jackson. His latest claim argued that Earnhardts attempt to trademark that particular version of No. 8 would create confusion among consumers.

Earnhardt avoided a trademark review with the rebranding. Had the U.S. Patent and Trademark appeal board denied Earnhardt, Jackson could have sued had Earnhardt used that No. 8 on any merchandise.

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NASCAR名人堂成员小达尔·厄尔哈特（Dale Earnhardt Jr.）正通过他的第8号商品销售来改变策略。

周五，厄尔哈特（Earnhardt）在社交媒体上宣布，他已经获得了使用第8号（No. 8）的造型版本的权利，并决定放弃其NASCAR车队JR Motorsports使用的原始第8号标志。这一决定是在巴尔的摩乌鸦队（Baltimore Ravens）的四分卫拉马尔·杰克逊（Lamar Jackson）向美国专利和商标局提出反对声明后的两天做出的，以阻止厄尔哈特将JRM版本的第8号放在商品上。

我们期待着这个已经取得成功的赛季的剩余部分。

杰克逊自大学时代在路易斯维尔起就身披8号球衣，之前已注册了“Lamar Jackson的ERA 8”这一商标。他最新的声明称，厄恩哈特（Earnhardt）试图对这一特定版本的8号进行商标注册，将导致消费者混淆。

由于品牌重塑，厄恩哈特（Earnhardt）避免了商标审查。如果美国专利和商标上诉委员会（U.S. Patent and Trademark appeal board）否决了厄恩哈特（Earnhardt），杰克逊（Jackson）可能会提起诉讼，如果厄恩哈特（Earnhardt）在任一商品上使用了该8号。

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