1 / 12

Parody in Trademark Law: A Review of Select Cases and Legal Implications

Explore the intersection of parody and trademark law with a focus on notable cases such as MUTANT OF OMAHA, Nuclear Holocaust Insurance, and Barbie Girl. Learn about key legal aspects and implications in this engaging presentation.

juliannt
Download Presentation

Parody in Trademark Law: A Review of Select Cases and Legal Implications

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Trademark and Unfair Comp. Boston College Law School April 23, 2008 Parody, Speech

  2. Mutual of Omaha v. Novak • MUTANT OF OMAHA • Mutant Kingdom • Nuclear Holocaust Insurance

  3. Cliffs Notes v. Bantam

  4. Coca Cola

  5. MGM v. Pink Panther Patrol

  6. I’m a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world; life is plastic; it’s fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere … Imagination; Life is your Creation … I’m a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world ... Mattel v. MCA

  7. Mattel v. Walking Mountain

  8. Yankees Suck

  9. Hypo

  10. Gucci Jordache Energizer Bunny Enjoy Coke Spam Don’t Leave Home Without It L.L. Bean Back to School Catalog Dom Perignon Godzilla Michelob GucchiGoo (diaper bag) Lardache (large jeans) Leslie Nielsen (Coors) Enjoy Cocaine (t-shirt) Spa’am (muppet) Don’t Leave Home Without It (condoms) L.L. Beam Back to School Sex Catalog (adult magazine) Dom Popignon (popcorn) Bagzilla (big garbage bags) Michelob Oily (spoof ad) Examples

  11. Parks v. LaFace

  12. Administrative • Course evaluations • Office hours • Monday, 2-5 p.m. • Tuesday, 9-12 p.m. • Wednesday, 12-2 p.m.

More Related