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From parody dog toys to anti-Trump t-shirts, US practitioners reflect on recent cases that raise difficult and longstanding questions about the line between trademark abuse and protected expression. 

27 July 2023

If the court grants certiorari, it will once again be weighing in on a case that reconsiders how free speech interplays with commercial trademark rights.

22 October 2020

Alison McDade, senior trademark counsel at 7-Eleven, reveals why communication and integration are key to protecting the IP rights of the world’s largest convenience store franchise.

20 June 2019

The question of what constitutes an appropriate target for ridicule is, by nature, subjective. However, imitating a trademark for the purposes of humour or commentary may cross the line into an abridgement of proprietary rights

29 April 2016

In <i>Research in Motion Ltd v Defining Presence Mktg Grp Inc</i>, Research in Motion Ltd has successfully opposed applications to register the mark CRACKBERRY for various online computer services and assorted clothing items. The TTAB held that CRACKBERRY was likely to cause confusion with, and to dilute, Research in Motion’s famous BLACKBERRY marks for handheld devices and related goods and services.

14 March 2012