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I wonder if celebs could apply this ruling to pappazzi? Simply employ 1 pap to photograph the celeb partaking in a typical celeb action (coming out of a rehab
by davekinkead 15y ago
I wonder if celebs could apply this ruling to pappazzi?
Simply employ 1 pap to photograph the celeb partaking in a typical celeb action (coming out of a rehab centre, cavorting with intern) in typical pap style. Then sue for copyright infringement anytime a similar pic is published in the future.
That said, this ruling makes about as much sense as trade marking a colour http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/11/21/cadburys-chocolate-trademarks-the-color-purple/ http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/11/21/cadburys-chocolate-trade... or illegal numbers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number
- alexchamberlain 15y agoI disagree about trademarking a colour; you've been able to do this in the UK for a long time. However, you should bear in mind that the trademark only holds in one industry, for which it is well known. For instance, Cadbury's holds purple for confectionery - they use purple on all of their packaging. Orange holds orange for the mobile phone industry, but easyJet holds it for airlines.
- roel_v 15y agoIf you would read the judgement, you would see that this is in no way similar.