Chapter 6

Trademark Infringement: Protecting the Oldest and Most Rapidly Changing of Intellectual Property Classes

Trademarks: Cases of Direct Infringement in the Era of High Rate of Technological Evolution

The law with respect to trademarks, service marks, and the like within the United States differs from the law that bears on patents and copyrights, in that three levels of protection for trademarks are available: protection by common law, by state statute, and by federal law. The existence of these three levels of protection makes for a more complicated array of possibilities in terms of the jurisdiction of the courts in a given case, as well as the degree of protection afforded to trademark holders.

Trademarks: Eligible for Three Levels of ...

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