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Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law
@markjkings.bsky.social
Lawyer representing creatives in California and New York
Copyright. Trademarks. Helping artists get their copyrights back.
Asterisks everywhere.
https://5bridgeslaw.com/
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Well there is a Trump holiday we're going to celebrate but we don't know when it is yet
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I get it. But a new social media platform called Twitter would cause confusion with the public nonetheless.

Why even it name it Twitter, except to capitalize from the goodwill of that other platform?
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I guess I'll go back and read it. Or find something where you discussed it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Does this make sense to you? Even if Musk X completely stopped using "Twitter", it's so well associated with that platform. There would be genuine consumer confusion if another platform used it for the same thing, regardless if X Corp had right to enforce.
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ok to be fair I didn't read the rest
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I kind of like "The sun rises. It's always doing that."
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
How is she exactly like Karoline Leavitt, down to the same smug smile? Are they trained in a lab?
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I don't think the 2024 decision answers all questions regarding whether a copyright termination can affect a divorce agreement. In this case, Mary Bono served the termination on publishers. Cher didn't own of the copyrights.
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Cher sued Mary Bono, claiming that Mary's termination didn't affect the agreement to pay her royalties. In a 2024 opinion, the court agreed with Cher.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Cher v. Bono summary judgment decision May 29, 2024
www.documentcloud.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The background is that Mary Bono, Sonny's widow, serviced Notices of Termination on the publishers for his compositions under 17 USC 304.

She then claimed the termination nullified a settlement agreement between Cher (Sonny's previous wife) and Sonny Bono, to pay her royalties from these songs.
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Plaintiff owns several registered trademarks for the CALL YOUR MOTHER trademark and logo. And yes, both places are Jewish-owned, which is discussed in the complaint:
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Given the popularity of pulpy sci-fi books in the 50s, I would guess not
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM