Class Documents:

Course Guidelines [PDF file]

External Website Links:

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

U.S. Code at FindLaw

pat2pdf.org

Additional Readings:

Dastar v. 20th Century Fox [HTML file]

Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. [HTML file]

H.R. 683 [PDF file]

Reference Materials:

U.S. Pat. Des. 238,655 [PDF file]

U.S. Pat. Des. 238,655 - Sprayer Bottle or Similar Article [PDF file]

U.S. Pat. 3,749,290 - Trigger Actuated Pump [PDF file]

U.S. Pat. 3,646,696 - Poster Display Device [PDF file]

U.S. Pat. 3,662,482 - Poster Display Device [PDF file]

Audio Recordings of November 22, 2006 Lecture:

November 22, 2006 Lecture, Part One [MP3 file]

November 22, 2006 Lecture, Part Two [MP3 file]

Syllabus:

All page references will be to the Maggs & Schechter casebook, unless noted otherwise.

1. Protection of Unregistered Trademarks - pp. 26-40

2. Registration of Trademarks - pp. 41-57, 15 U.S.C. § 1052, 15 U.S.C. § 1115(b)

3. Factually Informative Marks - pp. 58-63

4. Genericide - pp. 63-88

5. Descriptive Marks and Secondary Meaning - pp. 88-111

6. Suggestive Marks - pp. 112-118

7. Personal Names - pp. 118-128

8. Geographic Descriptions - pp. 128-132

9. Factually Inaccurate Marks - pp. 132-154

10. Confusing Marks - pp. 154-161

11. Immoral, Scandalous, and Disparaging Marks - pp. 161-169

12. Packaging, Configuration, Trade Dress - pp. 179-208

13. Functionality and Trade Dress - pp. 208-249

14. Infringement: Likelihood of Confusion - pp. 269-285, 297-310

15. Reverse Likelihood of Confusion - pp. 291-297, Dastar v. 20th Century Fox [HTML file]

16. Geographically Remote Uses - pp. 310-326

17. Contributory and Vicarious Infringement - pp. 326-334

18. Dilution - pp. 334-381, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c), Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. [HTML file], H.R. 683 [PDF file]

19. Counterfeiting - lecture only

20. Genuine Goods - pp. 411-441

21. Permissible Reference - pp. 442-469

22. Descriptive Fair Use - pp. 486-490

23. Abandonment - pp. 490-498

24. Naked Licensing and Assignment in Gross - pp. 498-511

25. Laches and Acquiescence - pp. 511-520

26. Remedies - pp. 521-542

27. Trademarks and the Internet - covered in discussion of other topics

28. Right of Publicity - pp. 648-661

29. False Advertising; Trade Disparagement - pp. 766-770, 791-802

30. Federal Trade Commission - pp. 865-870