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TIL In 1986, Ginger Rogers sued the US distributors of the Federico Fellini film Ginger and Fred for trademark infringement. The court ruled in favor of the defendants. Now, the "Rogers test" is used in cases where trademark holders' rights conflict with artistic expression.

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