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I'd like to claim it's always fair use/parody regardless - nobody could in good faith, mistake an adult entertainment stage for the iconic restaurant. The diff

I'd like to claim it's always fair use/parody regardless - nobody could in good faith, mistake an adult entertainment stage for the iconic restaurant. The difference is in my obligations to my employer, which are released when I am. I'm certainly not a lawyer and this is all totally unfounded intuition. But that was also the terms of the discussion

maxerickson 4y ago
In a much more mundane scenario, I treated the company provided clothing as company property and returned it when I left the role. I doubt they cared, but my position was that I didn't care to ever think about it again, so I did the easy thing and stuck it all in the locker.
wizzwizz4 4y ago
If they don't have a Class 41 registration, I believe this is the legal dogma – but if they do, no amount of fair use or parody lets you use their mark on a Class 41 service without authorisation. Fair use / parody is US copyright, not trademark. I tried to check whether Hotdog on a Stick had Class 41 registration, but USPTO's TESS has got to be the worst trademark search system I've ever used. I've seen more distinct error pages than useful results, and can't even find their Class 43 registration.