By: Amanda G. Ciccatelli
Cake isn’t usually a hot topic in the world of law, but at President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebrations earlier this year, cake became a huge matter of debate.
One of Trump’s cakes—created for the Salute to Our Armed Services Ball—was an almost exact copy of one made for the last Obama inauguration, which was originally created by Duff Goldman. On January 20th, he tweeted images of the two cakes, pointing out that he did not bake the cake at this year’s Trump celebrations. The very next day, Terry MacIsaac, owner of Buttercream Bakeshop, took credit for the Trump cake on Instagram, telling The Washington Post that her client on the Trump team contacted the bakery with a photo looking for a copy. The baker initially tried to encourage use of the photo as inspiration, but ended up creating replica at the client’s insistence.
Read more >> https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/08/08/cake-designs-intellectual-property/id=86558/
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