Trademark Law

Catalog description

This course focuses on federal statutory protections for trademarks and related source indicators. It covers substantive requirements and procedures for obtaining trademark protection from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the scope of protection once granted, standards for infringement and dilution, limitations and exceptions to protections, and appropriate remedies. The course also covers related federal and state doctrines such as unfair competition, anti-cybersquatting protections, issues related to domain name registration. At the discretion of the professor, the course may touch on the intersection of trademark rights with other legal frameworks such as privacy law, advertising law, constitutional law, and international law. Graded.