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Why Lady Gaga Prevailed in the "Mayhem" Trademark Dispute

A federal court denied Lost International's injunction against Lady Gaga's use of 'Mayhem' for her album and tour, applying First Amendment protections to merchandise under the Rogers test rather than traditional trademark confusion analysis.
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8 months ago
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The Briefing: Sinking the Rogers Test? What Pepperdine's Lawsuit Could Mean for Hollywood

Pepperdine University revisits its trademark challenge against Netflix's use of 'Waves' in light of a recent Supreme Court decision.
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fromThe IP Law Blog
1 day ago

Why Lady Gaga Prevailed in the "Mayhem" Trademark Dispute

A federal court denied Lost International's injunction against Lady Gaga's use of 'Mayhem' for her album and tour, applying First Amendment protections to merchandise under the Rogers test rather than traditional trademark confusion analysis.
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
1 month ago

The Briefing: Why Lady Gaga Beat a Trademark Injunction Over "Mayhem"

Court denied Lost International's request for a preliminary injunction, applying the Rogers test and protecting expressive tour merchandise under First Amendment considerations.
fromThe IP Law Blog
1 month ago

The Briefing - The 2026 Forecast: Resolving Some of the Entertainment Industry's Open Legal Issues

As 2025 fades into the rearview mirror, many of the entertainment and media industry's biggest legal questions remain unresolved. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler take a forward-looking approach to the cases and doctrines that could shape 2026. In this episode, they cover: The unsettled future of fair use in AI training and copyright infringement How courts are approaching lawful versus unlawful acquisition of training data The growing split in AI cases involving market substitution and fair use
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