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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Wtf is a juice demon pic.twitter.com/OxYMWEuoCq — Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) October 1, 2016. To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. They are part fashion, part artwork, part branding and part character.

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Has Trademark Law Become a Parody?

Patently-O

The holding is that the First Amendment does not require any special scrutiny in cases where the accused activity is “the use of trademarks as trademarks.” ” Rather in this use-as-a-mark situation, standard principles of trademark law apply. 1125(c)(3)(A). It will be subject to liability regardless.

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Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v. Elster (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Elster is a trademark dispute at the Supreme Court focused on the issue of whether Steve Elster has a free speech right to register a political message (“Trump Too Small”) as a trademark for shirts. VIP Products (2023) opinion and its other trademark cases. Section 2(c) is a viewpoint-neutral trademark law.