Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 23, 2011
Revised opinion in Betty Boop trademark case
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has filed a modified opinion in a case pitting the heirs of Betty Boop creator Max Fleischer against a group of licensing companies that used the cartoon character's image on merchandise.
By Erica E. Phillips
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has filed a modified opinion in a case pitting the heirs of Betty Boop creator Max Fleischer against a group of licensing companies that used the cartoon character's image on merchandise.
The revision follows a flurry of amicus briefs filed after its February opinion in the case, and eliminates a controversial portion that drew on the so-called "aesthetic functionality doctrine,"...
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