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However, with the rise of Diet Prada and their strong focus on social justice, which was reinforced and amplified by the Black Lives Matter movement this past year, there is now a very sharp distinction between “punching up” and “punching down” when it comes to copying in fashion. MORE
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But, “[m]ore broadly, it cannot be the case that every social media post written by a college student that happens to use the school’s colors and/or logo in the post, and identifies the school’s location as the location of the poster, creates initial interest confusion and qualifies as an actionable trademark violation.” Arizona Board of Regents v. Doe, 2021 WL 3684116, No. CV-20-01638-PHX-DWL (D. MORE
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But, “[m]ore broadly, it cannot be the case that every social media post written by a college student that happens to use the school’s colors and/or logo in the post, and identifies the school’s location as the location of the poster, creates initial interest confusion and qualifies as an actionable trademark violation.” Arizona Board of Regents v. Doe, 2021 WL 3684116, No. CV-20-01638-PHX-DWL (D.
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However, with the rise of Diet Prada and their strong focus on social justice, which was reinforced and amplified by the Black Lives Matter movement this past year, there is now a very sharp distinction between “punching up” and “punching down” when it comes to copying in fashion.
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Post after post after post, across numerous websites and social media platforms, alleging that Mr. Willison was a sociopathic criminal. Robert Willison, an Atlanta real estate investor, could not believe what he was seeing on the computer screen.
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