Q: Are jokes copyrighted? LIke for example Dad jokes can you sell merchandise with a dad or any kind of jokes?
A:
Hello there!
The answer for your question depends on some other things, but in general I would say there are many public domain jokes which can be freely used and are freely used by many people, many products and so on (if the joke slogan is not trademarked for instance).
There is also very comprehensive legal analysis on this matter on the following website:
https://copyrightalliance.org/copyrightability-dad-jokes/
I hope it helped you and I wish you good luck with your product!
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