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Rogers v Grimaldi doesn't apply to alcohol, but Peaky Blinders still can't get injunction

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If we got rid of the bizarre idea that Rogers was about artistic works and correctly labeled it as being about commercial speech, courts would do much better. It submitted 14 social media posts “which it contends shows consumers and retailers attributed a particular source to Defendants’ liquor and Plaintiff’s television show.”

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11th Circuit affirms Viacom's Rogers-based win for MTV Floribama Shore

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MGFB has a federal registration for FLORA-BAMA for “bar and restaurant services” and several entertainment services, including “social entertainment events,” live musical performances, and “competitions for fish throwing.” Flora-Bama logo The Flora-Bama has been featured in artistic works by third parties. New Life Art, Inc.,

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USC IP year in review, TM/ROP

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Another way to put it is that aesthetic functionality requires you to have an understanding of the definition of the market in which other clothing makers should be free to compete. Nor did he allege any lost business opportunities as the result of their presence on the market.

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