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The Parody Exception: Revisiting the Case for a Distinct Pastiche Exception
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool), 5 October 2023
This blog post was originally published on the Kluwer Copyright Blog under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). We are …
Infotainment and fact-checking: The challenges of making comedy with news (Vilela vs. Duvivier)
Dr. João Paulo Capelotti (practicing lawyer, Curitiba, Brazil)
Last June, a district court in São Paulo ruled that HBO Brazil and a famous Brazilian comedian, Gregorio Duvivier, violated an agribusiness entrepreneur’s reputational rights, …
Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court
Prof. Laura Little, Temple Law School
Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court’s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a doozy. Affirmative Action out …
Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law
The paper Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law, authored by Alberto Godioli and Jennifer Young (University of Groningen), is now available as part of the Special Collection series run …
On the abuse of human rights law in Sri Lanka: The arrest of Nathasha Edirisooriya
Dr Alberto Godioli, University of Groningen
On May 27th 2023, Sri Lankan comedian and human rights activist Nathasha Edirisooriya was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka (CID) under section 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and …
Is Trump “too Big” for Trademark? Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, petition for review granted 6/5/2023
Professor Laura Little and Andrew Rosen, Temple University School of Law
Yes, it is true. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear yet another funny trademark case. This case dates back to 2018, when a lawyer out of California filed …
China cracks down on stand-up
Dr. Jennifer Young, University of Groningen
A chilling effect is once more creeping across China affecting both music and comedy. China is again clamping down on freedom of expression and appears increasingly concerned about the power of satire as …
Epilogue for the Jack Daniels Case: The Supreme Court’s Final Opinion
Prof. Laura E. Little and Andrew Rosen, Temple University School of Law
For those hoping the U.S. Supreme Court would demystify the role of parody, or humor more generally, in the sphere of trademark infringement and dilution, disappointment may await. …
Event Report: ‘Character in copyright and the character of copyright: Reflections on Only Fools and Horses’
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of East Anglia), 6 April 2023
[This post was originally published on the University of East Anglia School of Law Research Blog. We are reposting it by kind permission of the author]
On …