
Fight for your right to parody. Or don’t.
Originally posted 2013-12-03 10:39:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSometimes, just when a copyright dispute is getting very interesting, the parties go and do the unthinkable: […]
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Originally posted 2013-12-03 10:39:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSometimes, just when a copyright dispute is getting very interesting, the parties go and do the unthinkable: […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2014-03-14 10:40:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterInstapundit is rife with gag guides to law school, and some serious ones, too. Been there. Done […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2011-04-05 09:36:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Escapist (via Punning Pundit): In a battle that refuses to die, publisher Capcom filed a pre-emptive […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2010-12-22 14:30:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published on March 2, 2010. Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2014-06-17 16:41:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhen it rains, it pours. Via Andrew Sullivan (and reported here too) a report that Volkswagen is […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2010-04-23 00:50:23. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBy now you must have heard about the dustup involving Yiddish with Dick and Jane. The irony […]
Continue reading »MarketWatch reports this story about an opinonated gent who’s suing Wal-Mart for a declaratory judgment: Smith said he was making a point by comparing the […]
Continue reading »Pamela Chestek, as is her wont, asks a great question in this post. As usual, however, before repeating her question we need the background, to wit […]
Continue reading »Guy makes a video parodying the deification of Obama Barack, and posts it on YouTube. Looks like it hit a little too close to home. […]
Continue reading »Bob Ambrogi reports on some cease-and-desist follies involving GET OUT OF JAIL FREE and Mr. Monopoly, which of course are the intellectual property of the […]
Continue reading »The “Downfall parodies” aren’t really parodies, in the legal sense. But as this one demonstrates, “Hitler” does seem to understand something about copyright, law, IP […]
Continue reading »Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure a few seconds of what they say is trademark dilution get a lot less […]
Continue reading »Eleven months ago I wrote about Carol Burnett’s lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, based on a tasteless parody of her “signature” charwoman character. I worked […]
Continue reading »By now you must have heard about the dustup involving Yiddish with Dick and Jane. The irony for me is that not long after I […]
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