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What about all those cheesy parody t-shirts people sell for profit? E.g.: http://i.imgur.com/AtIbWVe.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AtIbWVe.jpg Aren't those legal par
by nostromo 13y ago
What about all those cheesy parody t-shirts people sell for profit?
E.g.: http://i.imgur.com/AtIbWVe.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AtIbWVe.jpg
Aren't those legal parodies of protected trademarks?
- sabbatic13 13y agoSelling a t-shirt with a parody logo of a company isn't the same as a company presenting itself with a parody logo of an another company in the same space.
- jrockway 13y agoThen what is "Scroogled"?
- stbullard 13y agoUnless your business is clothing; see http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_Butt http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_Butt
- chrismcb 13y agoAnd The South Butt lost
- MichaelApproved 13y agoThey lost? I didn't get that from the wiki: "The court ordered mediation in the case, and on April 1, 2010, the parties reached a closed settlement agreement."
- sfall 13y agoyea the south butt stopped operating
- delinka 13y agoLater in the article you'll read where The South Butt admitted breaking the agreement.
- MichaelApproved 13y agoThey broke the settlement agreement, that doesn't mean they lost the original court case. Them breaking the settlement agreement has nothing to do with creating case history for other intellectual property cases. Them breaking the agreement is a completely different issue than anything else going on in the article.
- jarrett 13y agoThe commercial nature of the alleged infringement it doesn't necessarily determine the outcome. So you could have one case where the judge rules for the plaintiff because the use is commercial, and another where the judge rules for the defendant despite the fact that the use is commercial.