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Dior against adult film star Gigi Dior’s trade mark application for her own stage name

The IPKat

Some recent examples include for example:- In the US - Burberry’s action against Chicago-based rapper Burberry Jesus who often posted photos and videos of himself in Burberry products on his social media platforms. Companies and businesses can no longer rely on this defence. This dispute is not the first of its kind.

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What's next after Elster?

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Strongest argument for Elster: protecting dignity against overt criticism is not reasonably related to the acceptable purposes of TM law, and enacts the same sort of viewpoint based tilt as in Tam where praise of groups was ok but criticism was not: if that’s viewpoint based this should be (of course Tam might have been wrongly decided).