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The right to parody at the intersection between freedom of expression and trademark law: an analysis of the legal framework of the European Union and Switzerland

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Growing tensions between intellectual property rights and human rights are best illustrated through trademark parody, which has recently been the subject of contradictory judgments in Europe. Although there is a parody “exception” in copy­right legislation, should lawmakers follow the same route with respect to trademark law and recognise it as a genuine “right” instead of referring to it as a mere “exception”?
sic! 05/2020