[Bluntpoint]

Fox just needs to publicly announce that the slogan is trademarked and then admit that parody (no matter how poor the parody is) comes under the "fair use" doctrine.

No need to tie up the courts with this nonsense.

[syriacus]

Fox just needs to publicly announce that the slogan is trademarked and then admit that parody (no matter how poor the parody is) comes under the "fair use" doctrine.

And what is "fair use" when it comes to using someone's registered trademark or service mark?

I'm planning on using the words

By Al Franken

someplace in the subtitle of a satirical novel

Maybe the title could be like this

Healing Malformed Teeth in the Middle East:
A Novelized Biography of the esteemed Egyptian Orthodontist
By Al Franken

My main character will be a orthodontist named By Al Franken.

Maybe I'll include a caricature that looks like Al Franken in scrubs on the cover, too.

Putting Franken's name and picture on the cover should boost sales.