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H.I. #120: Battle Tested

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The Cheapskate: A Parody of the Manchester United Logo

I was going to agree with your first set of comments there that it's a funny case for trademark because it doesn't look like the thing, but in the context it can't be anything else. You have changed my mind on air, Brady. This is a parody. And this is not a case where maybe trademark law would apply. Like you're totally right about that. It's a weird corner case of does trademark law apply in those circumstances? Like has there been case law on trademarks that don’t look like the trademark, but could possibly be anything else? I feel completely moved by your argument that this is a kind of parody. It's an avant-garde

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