Unfair Competition/Trademarks

Among the most valuable of business assets, trademarks are also among the least well understood.  This course provides a broad overview of (federal) trademark and unfair competition law.  Topics to be considered include acquisition of trademark rights; requirements for registration; infringement of trademarks; comparative advertising; performers’ rights; dilution of trademarks; loss of trademark rights through genericism and abandonment; and protection of Internet domain names.