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Roll for Initiative! How Wizards of the Coast’s trademark dispute is helping to keep the nasties out of tabletop gaming

IPilogue

This is an interesting example of how intellectual property law can be utilized to smother the proliferation of harmful views. The context surrounding the litigation shows that protecting business interests is not trademark law’s sole function. .

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Jack Daniels v. VIP Products and the Freedom to Parody and Comment in the United States

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. Whether to evoke nostalgia or to immerse their readers, authors use trademarks both to simulate reality and to critique it. In a recent case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Jack Daniels v. Constitution.

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Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark!

SpicyIP

Sunanda Bharti on the Michelin Stars and its interaction was trademark laws. Bharti is a Professor of Law at Delhi University, and her previous posts can be accessed here. Image from here Mischief, Manifestation, and the Michelin Trademark! What is a Michelin Star in Terms of Intellectual Property Law?

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” prevent the other group from publishing edited or alternative version of their religious works by invoking copyright law[, and].prevent[ing]