Trademark and Unfair Competition Law : Cases and Materials

by Ginsburg, Jane C.; Litman, Jessica; Kevlin, Mary L.

• ISBN13: 9781587782114
• ISBN10: 1587782111
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: West Group

Summary

Devotes separate chapters to Acquisition of Trademark Rights, Registration of Trademarks, and Loss of Trademark Rights. The material on infrigement of trademarks includes a distinct section on defenses to infringement. Chapters on § 43(a) highlight both trade dress cases and false advertising cases. A chapter on International Protection of Trademarks includes recent multilateral accords and discussion of border control measures.

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents
Preface	v
Table of Cases	xxi
Prelude	1	(30)
Concepts of Trademarks and Unfair Competition	31	(52)
Competition	31	(13)
Trademarks	44	(39)
What is a Trademark?	83	(51)
Subject Matter of Trademark Protection	83	(25)
Distinctiveness	108	(26)
Acquisition of Trademark Rights	134	(80)
Adoption and Use	134	(21)
Ownership	155	(7)
Priority and Concurrent Use	162	(29)
Intent to Use	191	(23)
Registration of Trademarks	214	(98)
The Process	214	(11)
Types of Marks	225	(4)
Bars to Registration	229	(78)
Trademark Registration of Domain Names	307	(5)
Loss of Trademark Rights	312	(79)
Genericism	312	(44)
Abandonment	356	(35)
Infringement	391	(113)
Likelihood of Confusion	391	(63)
Contributory Infringement	454	(20)
Statutory Defenses/Incontestability	474	(22)
Sovereign Immunity	496	(8)
False Designation of Origin	504	(65)
Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act and Unregistered Marks	504	(6)
Trade Dress	510	(59)
Advertising	569	(49)
Comparative Advertising	570	(13)
False Representations	583	(35)
Authors' and Performers' Rights	618	(71)
Authors' and Performers' Rights of Attribution	618	(24)
Right of Publicity and Related Claims	642	(47)
Dilution	689	(76)
The Concept of Dilution	689	(8)
Dilution Under State Law	697	(18)
Federal Dilution	715	(50)
Internet Domain Names	765	(65)
The Domain Name System	765	(3)
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act	768	(31)
ICANN and the Uniform Trademark Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy	799	(31)
Trademarks as Speech	830	(108)
Referential use	841	(10)
Promotional Goods	851	(23)
Parody	874	(41)
Trademarks as Speech	915	(23)
Remedies	938	(61)
Injunctive Relief	938	(18)
Monetary Relief	956	(23)
Trademark Counterfeiting	979	(18)
Preemption of State Regulation	997	(2)
International Aspects of Trademark Protection	999	(86)
International Agreements Concerning Trademarks	999	(13)
United States Registration	1012	(1)
Border Control Measures	1013	(20)
Infringement and Unfair Competition	1033	(52)
Index	1085