parody logo : being sued ?
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- vaxorcist0
Are you in the US?
It helps if your parody is embarassing the the other guys to have to repeat aloud or in a PR context, like calling a certain fast food chain "Toxic Hell" or "Pizza Slut" ... i.e. googling the company name brings up your version + their version and makes them look bad....
Some googling indicated that courts may decided based on:
1. Is the difference strong enough to dispel the likelihood of confusion among consumers.
2. Courts in the past has defined parody as a work imitating or mimicking another work closely for comic effect or ridicule.
That said, companies will often sue reflexively, without much concern for their image, and hoping you'll fold fast to avoid being bankrupted by legal fees, so it helps to have a college roommate who's now a lawyer who wants to have some fun combat....