Social media platforms tend to over-react to potential copyright infringement, under-react to potential trademark infringement.
I explain at my blog post.
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@law_champagne Socks. Look at the socks he wears and buy the exact same kind. Unromantic af but dudes love socks. And if he didn’t get you anything then nbd cause it’s just socks
Show your pet as small as possible.
Little Bird when she was just a teeny tiny baby Bird (smol toy for scale). I fostered her litter while they were too tiny to be adopted. She was probably only 4-5 weeks old here!🥹
Show your pet as small as possible.
These are the smollest known pictures of Akira Purrosawa! These were his adoption photos online when he was going by Caterpillar (his foster owner let her kid name the kittens after his favorite toys!).
no amount of copyright expiration
will make this application
(from a florida company, in july, 2023)
to register
STEAMBOAT WILLIE
as a trademark for
plush toys
make sense
#trademarks
Periodic reminder that #copyrights aren't self-enforcing.
When a work's copyright status is open to debate, the question often isn't "Can [whoever] do [whatever]" with the work.
The question might be more helpfully framed as
On July 24th, 6 applications were filed to register Twitter-related #trademarks.
4 were filed by lawyers.
None were filed by Twitter / X Corp.
These applicants may be thinking they can get rich by snapping up unattended "property" but that's not how trademark law works
FYI, it's possible for multiple companies to have and use single letter trademarks. There are actually 984 registrations already on the trademark register for marks whose only literal element is "X". 306 are for classes that include software goods/services. #TwitterX
@granolalawyer I'm braless 90% of the time, at home or in public. I remind myself that everybody has nips and if the existence of mine makes someone uncomfortable then that's their problem. I only wear one in situations where I will be uncomfortable.