Burnett v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he more distasteful and bizarre the parody, the less likely the public is to mistakenly think that the trademark owner has sponsored or approved it.”
• “[TJhere is no requirement that ‘parodists take the bare minimum amount of copyright material necessary to conjure up the original work.’ ” (citation omitted, emphasis in original)
• finding parody where use ridiculed Carol Burnett’s wholesome image
• 18-second scene of Carol Burnett

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).