Legal Opinion
Tushnet v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-0907PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Does a t-shirt with “Yankees Suck” emblazoned over the team’s iconic logo violate federal trademark law? An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) spokesman appeared to suggest so in a press conference touting the agency’s crackdown on counterfeit sports apparel before the 2015 Super Bowl. Begging to differ, Harvard Law School professor Rebecca Tushnet explained to ICE that an irreverent parody of a recognized trademark does not infringe because it creates no confusion over the item’s provenance. See, e.g., Louis…
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