This Article suggests using existing doctrinal levers in trademark law to accommodate parodies in a more balanced fashion. To reach this conclusion, this Article examines the parody doctrine in U.S. trademark law using two lenses. The first lens is trademark doctrine itself. Here I explore the various approaches courts use to resolve trademark disputes involving parody. The other lens is copyright law. Through this lens I examine how courts deciding trademark parody disputes employ the Supreme Court’s most recent decision on parody in copyright, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (1994). I also use this decision to examine the relationship between copyright and trademark parody claims. In other words, I ask the following question: how, if a...
In 1992\u27s highly controversial White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the United States Cour...
The Thesis’ subject, a notion of trademark parodies, by its legal nature simultaneously belongs to t...
The typical shorthand justification for trademark rights centers on avoiding consumer confusion. But...
In the two decades since the Supreme Court protected a crude rap spoof from copyright liability in C...
Parodies have long provided many of us with amusement, entertainment,and sometimes even information....
Courts have struggled with the evaluation of parody under trademark law. While many trademark courts...
An article focusing on a copyright decision initially may appear out of place in the pages of The Tr...
Artists and other creators of expressive works often include trademarks and trademarked products as ...
A world devoid of trademark protection is difficult to imagine and has in fact barely existed.\u27 E...
Dilution as a form of intrusion on a trademark has been the object of intense consumer and competiti...
Criticism has long been grounds for fair use status. This comment argues that parody\u27s value, and...
When approaching the topic of parody, questions usually arise as to the boundaries between parody an...
In December 2011, the UK Intellectual Property Office commissioned the Centre for Intellectual Prope...
This comment will address how the TDRA has left famous mark holders, particularly high-end fashion h...
Modern scholarship takes a decidedly negative view of trademark law. Commentators rail against doctr...
In 1992\u27s highly controversial White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the United States Cour...
The Thesis’ subject, a notion of trademark parodies, by its legal nature simultaneously belongs to t...
The typical shorthand justification for trademark rights centers on avoiding consumer confusion. But...
In the two decades since the Supreme Court protected a crude rap spoof from copyright liability in C...
Parodies have long provided many of us with amusement, entertainment,and sometimes even information....
Courts have struggled with the evaluation of parody under trademark law. While many trademark courts...
An article focusing on a copyright decision initially may appear out of place in the pages of The Tr...
Artists and other creators of expressive works often include trademarks and trademarked products as ...
A world devoid of trademark protection is difficult to imagine and has in fact barely existed.\u27 E...
Dilution as a form of intrusion on a trademark has been the object of intense consumer and competiti...
Criticism has long been grounds for fair use status. This comment argues that parody\u27s value, and...
When approaching the topic of parody, questions usually arise as to the boundaries between parody an...
In December 2011, the UK Intellectual Property Office commissioned the Centre for Intellectual Prope...
This comment will address how the TDRA has left famous mark holders, particularly high-end fashion h...
Modern scholarship takes a decidedly negative view of trademark law. Commentators rail against doctr...
In 1992\u27s highly controversial White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the United States Cour...
The Thesis’ subject, a notion of trademark parodies, by its legal nature simultaneously belongs to t...
The typical shorthand justification for trademark rights centers on avoiding consumer confusion. But...