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Intellectual Property

Apr. 18, 2013

Alonzo Wickers IV

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Los Angeles Copyright, trademark, publicity rights


For plaintiff Brownmark Films, a parody by the popular Comedy Central's "South Park" was anything but funny.


The company claimed copyright infringement when the animated show made fun of its Internet viral video, "What What in the Butt."


For Wickers, who successfully defended Comedy Central, South Park Digital Studios and others, "It was fun. The court clearly enjoyed it, too, especially the court's judicial clerks.&quo...

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