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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

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Wtf is a juice demon pic.twitter.com/OxYMWEuoCq — Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) October 1, 2016. Characters are often protected by copyright, even if their fashion is not, but they are also routinely protected by trademark. Trademark infringement, however, isn’t like copyright.

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March Madness: Basketball, Brackets, and Branding

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In addition to the trademark for “March Madness,” the NCAA also owns trademarks for other tournament-related phrases and logos. For example, the phrase “Final Four” is a registered trademark of the NCAA, as are logos for the tournament and individual schools.

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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. The post Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v.