Faculty in the Media

OMG Verdict Flip Exemplifies High Court’s Rogers Test Limitation

A trademark dispute between OMG Girlz and MGA reversed course after a SCOTUS decision last June that shifted the balance between trademark protection and First Amendment rights without articulating a new test. “I don’t think that the Supreme Court made this inquiry-what is a ‘use as source identification’-very clear … so it doesn’t surprise me that lower courts now need to struggle with those issues,” said Prof. Guy Rub.

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