LAW 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cybersquatting, Whopper, Trade Secret
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Confusion of origin of goods by improper use of. When they want you to buy something because it looks trademark like something else. Ex) selling a nike tractor you"re not selling shoes but that trademark was meant for nike shoes. Taking your trademark and putting it in my domain: dilution, cybersquatting name, defenses. Using it in a parody or editorial commentary. You can use that word- just not in a commercial way that benefits you. Trade dress: the look and feel or products, walmart v. samera brothers. Clothes needs to be distinctive and it has to be a secondary meaning. Look at the source of the product rather than the product itself. Relates to a service rather than a good. Bk home of the whopper : certification marks. A word symbol or device that is used to certify a regional or geographic orgin.
