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Trademark Law: Protection for Parodies
February 11, 2008 Full PDF
Litigation partner Lew Clayton's intellectual property litigation column appears in the February 11 issue of The National Law Journal. The article, "Protection for Parodies," discusses the emerging law of trademark parody, focusing on a recent Fourth Circuit opinion dismissing an action brought by the luxury goods marketer Louis Vuitton. The Fourth Circuit's ruling is the first appellate decision to consider trademark parody since the Trademark Dilution Revision Act was passed in 2006. Litigation associate Courtney Weiner assisted in the preparation of this article.