BUL 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trademark Dilution, Trade Dress, United States Patent And Trademark Office
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Intellectual property: the f(cid:396)uits of so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d: trademarks: a nonfunctional distinctive mark, slogan, color, shape, symbol or emblem that a manufacturer stamps, prints or otherwise affixes to the goods it produces. We want to make sure (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e p(cid:396)ote(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)y. Shape of product or its package may be a trademark if its nonfunctional. Registration must be renewed between the fifth and sixth years, after renewal the mark holder must renew every 10 years (if registered after 1990) To have a trademark registered you have to actually be using it first: trademark used intrastate (exclusively within one state) under state common law. Holder of the mark can recover damages from an infringer who uses it to pass off goods as being those of the mark owner. Can obtain an injunction prohibiting the infringer from using the mark: toys (cid:862)r(cid:863) us v. canarsi kiddie hop. Terms through the years can become generic: weakest to strongest:
