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Memes strike back: Gerbils, gay blood elves, and Glenn Beck

Ars Technica details the legal brief filed by Marc J. Randazza on behalf of Isaac Eiland-Hall, the man Fox News commentator Glenn Beck threatened with legal action after he put up the website GlennBeckRapedandMurderedaGirlIn1990.com. The post analyzes the question:

“In the US, courts have long adopted a “moron in a hurry” test for dealing with issues of trademark confusion. Would a moron, hurrying home at the end of a long day and seeing the offending sign/billboard/website, likely confuse it with an official offering of the trademark holder?”

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