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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

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Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? The court begins with findings of fact, lavishing attention on the show’s plot and popularity.

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Panel 3: Intended and Unintended Consequences of the DSA

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Likewise, Wikipedia assumed that the average EU visitor used more than one device, but estimated devices per person based on global values for 2018, rather than for 2023 or for Europe specifically. This doesn’t seem like a bad guess, but it’s a pretty significant amount of guessing. some IoT devices), or device sharing (e.g.

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