Jan
24
Posted by Keeley Vega at 6:13 pm under Copyright, Trademark.
In November of last year, the 4th Circuit ruled on a case between Louis Vuitton and Haute Diggity Dog (the maker of “Chewy Vuiton” dog toys). On the trademark claim, the court said the toys were a permissible parody of the LV trademark. On the copyright claim, the court said: “LVM argues that the district court erred in finding that Haute Diggity Dog’s use of the “CV” and the background design was a fair use of LVM’s copyrighted Multicolor design. Because LVM attempts to use a copyright claim to pursue what is at its core a trademark and trade dress infringement claim, application of the fair-use factors under the Copyright Act to these facts is awkward.”
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How did the 4th circuit rule on the copyright claim?