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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

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[ii] American media personality Paris Hilton used her now trademarked catchphrase “That’s Hot” in reality TV show The Simple Life routinely. She trademarked the term in February 2007, and since then, it has become her “signature catchphrase.” are generally not protected by copyright law. In Reebok India v.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

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That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” ” Aseri, Commercializing Religion Via Trademarking God, 23 J. copyright law. World Intellect.