On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 08:09:55AM -0500, Alex Page wrote:
> IANAL, but AFAIK parody is protected under trademark law, as long as
> you're not making profit (I presume beer money for the hassle of
> T-shirt making is excusable).
IANAL either, but I think it's quite complicated.
"More interestingly the Court held that in trade mark law,
there is no "parody" defence to an infringement action."
(from http://www.bristows.com/news/news_items/elvis.html)
Other cases seem to contradict that view though. Also relevant
is http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v5n1/blake51.html#infringet
paragraph 48:
"derogotary use", involving the "suggestion of an unwholesome, or
unsavoury association" seems to qualify as infringement in the US.
Don't we have someone here who *is* a lawyer? :-)
.robin.
