The New England Patriots yesterday lowered the legal boom on a popular Internet site the team contends has become a major source of counterfeit and voided tickets. The Pats yesterday filed suit in Suffolk Superior Court against StubHub in a move to bar the Internet site from reselling the team’s highly coveted tickets.
The Pats fired their legal salvo after dozens of fans showed up at games with phony or voided tickets bought over StubHub, which operates an online market for ticket buyers and sellers. While some were counterfeits, others were voided tickets sold by fans after they had their season-ticket privileges revoked.
The team is also looking to reclaim some of the profits made by StubHub. Some of the counterfeit and voided tickets sold for more than $700, with StubHub taking 15 percent, according to the team’s spokesman and its lawyer.
A spokesman for StubHub declined comment, saying the company had not yet seen the lawsuit.
“One of the forms of relief we are seeking is to stop them from continuing to traffic in Patriots tickets,” said Daniel Goldberg of Bingham McCutchen, the Pats longtime outside legal counsel.
Details here from The Boston Herald.