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Socially Aware Blog
What, What (In the Court): South Park Studios Shielded by Fair Use for Viral Video Parody
By Debbie Rosenbaum, Timothy Denny Greene
The Seventh Circuit held recently in Brownmark Films, LLC v. Comedy Partners that, under certain circumstances, a trial court may dismiss a copyright infringement case based on a fair use…
Media Law Prof Blog
Copyright, Technology, and Parody
Aaron Schwabach, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, is publishing Reclaiming Copyright From the Outside In: What the Downfall Hitler Meme Means for Transformative Works, Fair Use, and Parody in the…
Media Law Prof Blog
“South Park” Creators Prevail In Fair Use Defense Of “What What In the Butt” Parody
A federal district court has dismissed a plaintiff's claim that the parody of a music video in an episode of use of a song in an episode of the popular…
Intellectual Property News.com
Lamebook to Keep Name after Trademark Dispute with Facebook
Los Angeles - Parody site Lamebook and social networking site Facebook have reached a settlement in a trademark dispute that erupted last year. Lamebook, a regularly updated blog that re-posts…
Litigation & Trial
Coal Cares Hoax: Free Speech & Satire vs. Trademark Liability
It was quite funny, if you're into dark humor. Yesterday a group affiliated with the prankster Yes Men set up a "Coal Cares" website which, while falsely claiming affiliation with…
DuetsBlog
Life Imitating Art: Service So Bad, It’s Good
--Dan Kelly, Attorney :-( I have long enjoyed the offerings of Despair, Inc., the outfit that has built a business out of parodying Successories--the makers of those know-them-when-you-see-them corporate…
DuetsBlog
Droid: An “Eye” Phone?
--Dan Kelly, Attorney As Steve has noted, I find it amusing that the Droid phone from Verizon licenses DROID from Lucasfilm Ltd. To my mind, the Droid "eye" theme is…
DuetsBlog
A Parody Is Forever?
Recently, a new Verizon commercial caught my eye. Perhaps you've seen it: This immediately reminded me of a circa 1993 (has it really been that long?) De Beers commercial (seen…
DuetsBlog
The (South) Butt of the Joke?
We've had a little rash of graphic design comedic parody lately. The first example is the notoriously funny The South Butt and its tagline "Never Stop Relaxing". Of course, this…
The Trademark Blog
TRO Denied re Parody of Prop 8 Group’s Logo
Anti-prop 8 advocacy group uses parody of pro-Prop 8 advocacy group. TRO of parody denied. Trademark Blog Coulrophobia archive here. Decsion Protect Marriage Parody