There is a similar case dealing with the use of trademarks in SCOTUS, that look like other trademarks, making it look like they are the other trademark, to do stuff they are definitely not supposed to do under any trademark, which is why they like to make it look like they are all like experts and stuff on a particular subject matter, but, hey, what do I know?
I know I see a Termination of the Right To Keep and Bear the Arms of the United States case going on, but that might not be a civil action, because we are metriculously, with precision parsimony, pulling off the scab of the 2016 election.
I also know the many shapes and forms of bearing false witness, for the purposes of interfering in United States Elections.
Television Academy Sues After Emmy Statuette Given Coronavirus
The defendant used the image to market the Crony Awards, honoring countries that refused to lock down for the pandemic.More than 26 million people have thus far contracted COVID-19, but it's an image of the Emmy Statuette with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has prompted an intellectual property suit ahead of this year's Emmy Awards. On Friday the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences filed a complaint against Multimedia System Design, doing business as Crowdsource the Truth, for disseminating said image to promote the "Crony Awards."
"And when the Television Academies served a lawful DMCA copyright takedown notice asking YouTube to remove Defendant’s infringement, Defendant retaliated by spreading damaging falsehoods about the Emmy Awards, the Television Academies, and NATAS President Adam Sharp, which constitute libel," states a complaint.
The suit targets Crowdsource the Truth, described as a platform for "alternative information," i.e. conspiracy theories.
"On or about June 12, 2020, two weeks before the Daytime Emmy Awards Show aired on CBS, Defendant posted its own award show—entitled 'Crony Awards'—on YouTube and other platforms," continues the complaint. "The show honored countries that refused to lock down and/or minimized the COVID-19 pandemic."
The Television Academy reports that the following image was used to market the show:Emmy COVID 2
Court documents
"On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, the Infringing Image was reported to the Television Academies as a 'gross' trademark violation, citing it as 'beyond disrespectful,' and made reference to a family member that had recently passed away due to COVID-19," states the complaint.
Jason Goodman, said to be the principle behind Crowdsource the Truth, objected to a DMCA takedown by remarking that the image was "parody."
The Television Academy disputes it's parody, and the fight has hit social media where @csthetruth has accused NATAS president Adam Sharp of being a "political operative" using the DMCA takedown process to stifle “competition from real news."
According to the complaint, the defendant is also responsible for YouTube videos alleging Sharp's career is the product of "nepotism, corruption, and CIA-led propaganda campaigns."
Here's the full complaint with causes of action of copyright infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition, and libel. The Television Academy seeks an order preventing defendant from using the image.
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