Betty Boop and the Return of Aesthetic Functionality: A Bitter Medicine Against 'Mutant Copyrights'? Academic Article

abstract

• This article offers a brief overview of the history and developments of the doctrine of aesthetic functionality in the United States and examines the recent decisions in Fleischer Studios, Inc v AVELA, Inc . In particular, the article argues that the courts in Fleischer added an important element to the interpretation of the doctrine, namely the fact that the courts seemed willing to resort to aesthetic functionality to counter the consequences resulting from the practice of using trade mark law as an additional form of protection for copyrighted, or once copyrighted, creative works.

authors

• Calboli, Irene

published proceedings

• European Intellectual Property Review

author list (cited authors)

• Calboli, I.

complete list of authors

• Calboli, Irene

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• Sweet & Maxwell Ltd  Publisher

published in

• European Intellectual Property Review  Journal

keywords

• Copyrights
• Functionality
• Mutant Rights
• Trademarks

URI

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/610

start page

• 80

end page

• 87

volume

• 36

issue

• 2

URL

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/610/