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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

the pop-up is not a joke nor is it a presentation of ridicule or satire.”. While common law trademark rights can and often do support federal infringement claims, an infringement plaintiff must show ownership of a valid mark as a threshold requirement for the cause of action. Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit in Mattel v.

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IPSC Breakout Session #2: mostly copyright and then marijuana innovation

43(B)log

Campbell is the first case that squarely presents §107 construction without other distractions, and the Court takes a fresh look. The majority says that limiting doctrines account for Kagan’s examples—which involved use of expression—as well as the dissent’s own copying and the Court’s too. Hard to get a narrow rule out of that.