The Onion’s Infowars Site Remains Risky Absent Trademark Rights

Professor Alexandra J. Roberts is quoted in Bloomberg Law on the thorny trademark questions surrounding The Onion’s launch of a satirical version of InfoWars before courts have fully signed off on its acquisition of the site's intellectual property. “Owning the registrations would give The Onion a lot of freedom and they wouldn’t have to be looking over their shoulder and running every action by a lawyer,” Roberts said. “Trademark law has robust fair use defenses, but it's expensive to litigate”