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The Esquire Case: A Lost Free Speech Landmark, Samantha Barbas Dec 2018

The Esquire Case: A Lost Free Speech Landmark, Samantha Barbas

Journal Articles

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Foreword: Advertising And The Law, Mark Bartholomew Jul 2010

Foreword: Advertising And The Law, Mark Bartholomew

Buffalo Law Review

This foreword to a special issue of the Buffalo Law Review provides an overview of seven articles addressing the intersection of advertising and law. The special issue stems from a November 2009 conference held at the University at Buffalo Law School. The foreword examines the particular difficulties in characterizing the relationship between advertisers, consumers, and the law. Advertisers promulgate certain symbolic meanings designed to induce consumption. Sometimes these meanings are contested through legal means yet consumers can only participate in advertising's regulatory apparatus indirectly. This results in a dynamic between advertiser and consumer that is difficult to define yet ubiquitous …


Stealth Marketing And Antibranding: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Sonia K. Katyal Jul 2010

Stealth Marketing And Antibranding: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Sonia K. Katyal

Buffalo Law Review

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Brandjacking On Social Networks: Trademark Infringement By Impersonation Of Markholders, Lisa P. Ramsey Jul 2010

Brandjacking On Social Networks: Trademark Infringement By Impersonation Of Markholders, Lisa P. Ramsey

Buffalo Law Review

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Advertising And Social Identity, Mark Bartholomew Jul 2010

Advertising And Social Identity, Mark Bartholomew

Buffalo Law Review

This essay takes a stand in the brewing legal academic debate over the consequences of advertising. On one side are the semiotic democratists, scholars who bemoan the ability of advertisers to take control of the meanings that they create through trademark law and other pro-business legal rules. On the other side are those who are more sanguine about the ability of consumers to rework advertising messages and point to several safety valves for free expression existing in the current advertising regulation regime. My take on this debate is that the participants have failed to address the impact of advertising on …


Consumer Counter-Advertising Law And Corporate Social Responsibility, Alberto R. Salazar V. Jul 2010

Consumer Counter-Advertising Law And Corporate Social Responsibility, Alberto R. Salazar V.

Buffalo Law Review

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Attention Must Be Paid: Commercial Speech, User-Generated Ads, And The Challenge Of Regulation, Rebecca Tushnet Jul 2010

Attention Must Be Paid: Commercial Speech, User-Generated Ads, And The Challenge Of Regulation, Rebecca Tushnet

Buffalo Law Review

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