Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 28, 2018
Honey Badger doesn’t care but intellectual property experts do
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision over a viral Honey Badger video has caught the attention of 37 intellectual property professors, who in an amicus brief said the court is blurring the lines between trademark and copyright law.
A decision about a viral Honey Badger video has caught the attention of 37 intellectual property scholars, who in an amicus brief said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is blurring the lines between trademark and copyright law.
The brief is asking the court to sit en banc and reconsider its panel decision earlier this summer that ruled in favor of comedian Christopher Gordon, who sued Drape Creative Inc. and Papyrus-Recycled Gr...
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