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AU IP/Gender: Lunch Keynote by Kara Swanson

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Kara Swanson, Northeastern University School of Law – IP and Gender: Reflections on Methodology and Accomplishments   Literature review: from the footnotes to the text.  Personal experience writing and publishing in gender & IP—future orientation of how we can make … Continue reading →

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AU IP/Gender Panel II: Documenting Communities of Practice

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Moderator – Meredith Jacob, American University Washington College of Law   Jhessica Reia, Center for Technology and Society at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (CTS-FGV) – DIY or Die! Gender and Creation in Marginal Music Production   Straight edge movement in Brazil: … Continue reading →

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AU IP/Gender Panel I: Women’s Leadership in Traditional Cultural Production

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Panel I: Community Structure and Women’s Leadership in Traditional Cultural Production Moderator – Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law   Helen Chuma Okoro, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (and CC Nigeria), Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property Protection, and Matriarchal … Continue reading →

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AU/IP Gender conference, part 1: me

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Reimagining IP/Gender: The Next 10 Years of Feminist Engagement with IP Law   Welcome – Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law IP program and Women & Law program do this together—longterm collaboration.   Opening Keynote Meredith Jacobs, American … Continue reading →

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UDRP expenses count as injury for purposes of TM case

Posted on February 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Migliore & Associates, LLC v. Kentuckiana Reporters, LLC, No. 3:13–CV–315, 2015 WL 730058 (W.D. Ky. Feb. 19, 2015)   Note: a genuine pleasure to read! Thank you, Judge Heyburn. Migliore, a court reporter, sued Kentuckiana for trademark infringement and ACPA … Continue reading →

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Irreparable harm teleseminar: rescheduled for March 6

Posted on February 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Via the ABA Antitrust Section: Please click on the link below to register for a timely lunchtime teleseminar where our panel of experts will address the status of “irreparable harm” in Lanham Act false advertising cases.   Recent cases have … Continue reading →

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kitsch doesn’t violate the right of publicity

Posted on February 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development v. Target Corp., No. 2:13-CV-817 (M.D. Ala. Feb. 9, 2015)   The Parks Institute, a 501(c)(3) corporation, “owns the name and likeness of the late Rosa Parks,” an icon of the civil … Continue reading →

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Transformative work of the day, Power Rangers edition

Posted on February 24, 2015 by rtushnet

Words I never thought I’d type: Katee Sackhoff and James van der Beek star in a short fan film of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, all grown up, called Power/Rangers.  NB: the producer calls this his “Bootleg Series.” http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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Fair Use Week!

Posted on February 24, 2015 by rtushnet

The OTW supports Fair Use Week. And if you support fair use, why not support the OTW? Also, I enjoyed Laura Quilter’s post on the uses of parody. http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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Trademark/right of publicity questions of the day

Posted on February 23, 2015 by rtushnet

Via Mycokerewards: Do the referenced bands have any claims against Coke, assuming this was done without permission?  Does New Kids apply to a promotional site like Mycokerewards?  Do the comparisons/food jokes suffice for transformativeness? Coke’s “vote for your favorite food-inspired … Continue reading →

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