https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/appeals-court-reviews-star-trek-dr-seuss-mashup-1292054/
In the article “Appeals Court Reviews ‘Star Trek’/Dr. Seuss Mashup” written by Eriq Gardener. He started off the article with a question talking about if Star Trek theme comic “Oh,the places you’ll boldly go!” was a market substitude for one of Dr. Seuss famous work from the 1990s “Oh the places you’ll go?”. In 2016, Dr. Seuss Enterorises which they owns the intellectual property rights to Theodor Geisel’s works sued ComicMix for the crowdfunded project. Federal judge ruled Boldly was made fair use of copyrighted material. With the appeals , it brought attentions to Motion Pictures Association which is the Studio that was behind for sesame streets and along with many intellectual property law professors. This case have present two big issues. One of them was the first factor which was an test that was determine whether something is a fair use . The U.S district judge Janis Sammartino found that “Boldly” was a highly transformative” . This mark had to be the first time the appeal court had to grappled with the genre of mashups. The second big issue that was concerning for the fourth fair use factor that is the effect of the use upon the potential market.
Dr.Seuss Vs. Comic Mix
