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Never Tell Me The Odds: How To Avoid Infringement When Alluding To Copyrighted Works In Branding, Paul M. Matenaer Feb 2023

Never Tell Me The Odds: How To Avoid Infringement When Alluding To Copyrighted Works In Branding, Paul M. Matenaer

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

Alluding to copyrighted works in branding is common, especially among small businesses that tend to fly under the radar of the large corporations which own those copyrights. The craft beer industry, for example, is fond of such allusions, incorporating references to movies, comic books, and video games in product names and beer labels. Whether to pay homage to the creative genius found in those copyrighted works or to cash in on popular enthusiasm for them, brand allusions to copyrighted works are common. However, such homages to copyrighted works can be as dangerous as flying into an asteroid field because they …


Parallel Novels And The Reimagining Of Literary Notables By Follow-On Authors: Copyrights Issues When Characters Are First Created By Others, Scott D. Locke Mar 2018

Parallel Novels And The Reimagining Of Literary Notables By Follow-On Authors: Copyrights Issues When Characters Are First Created By Others, Scott D. Locke

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

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Patent Exhaustion Connects Common Law To Equity: Impression Products, Inc. V. Lexmark International, Inc., Kumiko Kitaoka Jan 2018

Patent Exhaustion Connects Common Law To Equity: Impression Products, Inc. V. Lexmark International, Inc., Kumiko Kitaoka

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

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Copyrights And Trademarks In Cyberspace: A Legal And Economic Analysis, Georgios I. Zekos Jan 2016

Copyrights And Trademarks In Cyberspace: A Legal And Economic Analysis, Georgios I. Zekos

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

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A Book By Any Other Name: E-Books And The First Sale Doctrine, Elizabeth Mckenzie Apr 2013

A Book By Any Other Name: E-Books And The First Sale Doctrine, Elizabeth Mckenzie

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

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Doctrine Of The Dead: How Capcom V. Mkr Exposes The Decreasing Fit Between Modern Copyright Infringement Analysis And Modern Video Games, Karlyn Ruth Meyer Apr 2010

Doctrine Of The Dead: How Capcom V. Mkr Exposes The Decreasing Fit Between Modern Copyright Infringement Analysis And Modern Video Games, Karlyn Ruth Meyer

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

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The Fair Use Doctrine In The U.S. American Copyright Act And Similar Regulations In The German Law, Holger Postel Apr 2006

The Fair Use Doctrine In The U.S. American Copyright Act And Similar Regulations In The German Law, Holger Postel

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.