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President Donald Trump and his legal team have threatened to sue CNN for violating the Lanham Act.

Madonna is being sued by the son of Guy Bourdin over similarities between her recent "Hollywood" video and photos taken by Bourdin, a Parisian fashion photographer who died in 1991, according to the Smoking Gun. Are the allegations true? Judge for yourself with screen captures from the video next to the (11)photos that they most closely resemble, posted by a site dedicated to the photographer. While many worry that the Internet creates a fertile ground for appropriating the creative output of artists, this situation demonstrates how the Internet can make clear the relationships between derivative work and inspiration, putting the...

NFL Team Can Keep 'Redskins' Trademark By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - A federal judge has overturned a ruling revoking the Washington Redskins trademark, finding there was insufficient evidence to conclude that the name is disparaging to American Indians. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the ruling in connection with a 1999 decision by a panel of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. But she also made clear that her ruling does not address the issue of whether the name "Redskins" actually is offensive to Indians. Redskins spokesman Karl Swanson said the team hadn't reviewed the entire ruling...

By now even the lactose intolerant are aware of the battle being waged by chemical giant Monsanto against the against the locally owned and operated [Portland, Maine] Oakhurst Dairy over the "hormone-free" label Oakhurst uses on its milk. Monsanto is the sole US producer of the artificial-growth hormone in question, and reportedly doesn’t like the implication that customers should care about — or want to avoid — such a chemical in their dairy products. Monsanto recently filed for an injunction to prevent Oakhurst from labeling or advertising its milk as hormone-free, based primarily on the fact that Posilac (the hormone’s...