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Mark Mckenna Was Quoted In The Buzzfeed Article 9 Cheeky Weedbased Logos That Will Get Copyright Lawyers High On April 20, 2015, Mark Mckenna Jun 2015

Mark Mckenna Was Quoted In The Buzzfeed Article 9 Cheeky Weedbased Logos That Will Get Copyright Lawyers High On April 20, 2015, Mark Mckenna

Mark P. McKenna

Mark McKenna was quoted in the BuzzFeed article 9 Cheeky WeedBased Logos That Will Get Copyright Lawyers High on April 20. Mark McKenna, an associate dean and law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said that companies making T-shirts with characters like Mickey Mouse or Fred Flintstone smoking weed might be able to defend themselves under trademark law’s parody exception, but that anyone using those logos to advertise their stores or sell actual products could be in trouble. “[Cannabis businesses] are going to have to play by the same rules that everyone else does in commercial regulations. Trademark owners …