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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

which will determine the scope of the Lanham Act as applied to trademark infringement that occurs outside the US. The Court has also agreed to hear a patent case this term, and it will rule on a copyright fair-use case brought by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that was heard this fall. 2014: [link].

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Second Circuit signals some minimal flexibility on Polaroid analysis in another strip club false endorsement case

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From 2014-2018, the posts at issue used revealing photos of the plaintiffs against ad copy linked thematically to the visual, e.g., a picture of one plaintiff “in an apparent school uniform that included a short plaid skirt, captioned: ‘Friday Oct 17th SEXY SCHOOL GIRL PARTY! Some limits on the Polaroid spectrum!

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Section 1052(c) of the Lanham Act: A First Amendment-Free Zone?

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Missouri’s predominant purpose test, which inquires into whether the predominant purpose of using the famous person’s name or identity is to exploit its commercial value; or whether “the predominant purpose of the product is to make an expressive comment on or about a celebrity.” [15] 26] Which one? Grimaldi , 875 F.2d Dogan & Mark A.

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

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In the US, other sound marks include Law & Order ’s ca-chung chung (as Reg. But, as Nick March has said , there is no turning back as “the power of sound to build emotional connections between consumers to brands has become evident. An aural identity can be used in myriad ways across TV, radio and internet media.