You can’t make this stuff up. A variant of the parody defense is the argument that the target of the parody doesn’t exist. More on a demand letter sent to a fictitious company here.
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‘Free Expression In The Age Of Copyright Control’
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Copyright Fair Use
The Free Expression Policy Project of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School Of Law has released a report ‘Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control.‘
Validity of FIFA Trademarks
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
OHIM confirms FIFA World Cup Trademarks. Via Sportsbusiness.com.
Prior discussion of case by Lovells here.
‘China’s Logo Crackdown’
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
From Friday’s Wall Street Journal (sorry, I’m running behind), an article (no free online version available) entitled ‘China’s Logo Crackdown,’ discussing the absence of infringements of the logo for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The question is raised: if China can effectively stop the infringement of one trademark, can it effectively stop the infringement of other…
Office Depot v. Staples Re Keywords
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Search Engines
Via MassLawBlog, a post on a new keyword case, in which Office Depot has sued Staples protesting Staples purchase of VIKING as a keyword, Viking being an Office Depot subsidiary.
If You Can Work In A Relevant Reference To Lionel Hutz
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Lionel Hutz
then I will link to it, as with this post about NetFlix.
Patry on Spoofs
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Parody/Speech
Hard to summarize. See here.
What You Cannot Do In Australia
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
You cannot copy your CD onto your iPod in Australia. More here.
Copyfight on Alito on Copyright
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Posted in Uncategorized
UK Found To Be Convenient Forum For NY Company
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
IPKAT reports on a forum non conveniens application by Atari of NY denied in a UK court. Maybe the IPKAT can expand upon its observation as to ‘how infrequently an application to stay UK proceedings in favour of a foreign action is ever successful – at least in IP disputes.’