Trademark Law: A Practitioner's Guide (Practising Law Institute's Intellectual Property Law Library) (Intellectual Property Law Library (Practising Law Institute))

Trademark Law: A Practitioner's Guide (Practising Law Institute's Intellectual Property Law Library) (Intellectual Property Law Library (Practising Law Institute)) List Price: $270.00 Offer Price: USD $681.96 See Latest Price & Discount Author Siegrun D. Kane Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2004-10-01 ISBN 1402402279 Publisher:Practising Law Institute Editorial Reviews: Product Description This all-new Fourth Edition of the benchmark one-volume guide to trademark law is marked by extensive new coverage, including vital analysis of: - New trade dress case law interpreting the doctrine of utilitarian functionality in the wake of the Supreme Courts TrafFix decision. - New issues before the Supreme Court regarding dilution protection under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act New Internet cases on jurisdiction and the effect of UDRP arbitration decisions on federal litigation. - New case law under the recently revised Federal Rules of Evidence. - Plus updated material on gray market goods and attorney/client and work product privileges, new tips on reaching settlement agreements, and the latest changes to the T.M.E.P. Filled with dozens of forms, documents, checklists, and color exhibits, Trademark Law provides you with all the field-tested, step-by-step guidance you need to select, search, use, reinforce, renew, defend, and expand trademarks. Comprehensive enough to serve new and experienced practitioners on both sides of trademark disputes, Trademark Law gives you systematic counsel on how to: - Pick highly protectable marks at the outset to minimize problems. - Conduct thorough mark searches that prevent later conflicts. - Establish the priority of marks through continued use. Maintain marks by filing the right affidavits at the right time. - Expand marks while avoiding territorial conflicts. Successfully appeal rejected trademark applications. Gain the competitive edge at trial if clashes must be litigated. Enhanced by a companion CD-ROM that allows you to navigate and implement the books how-to information faster than ever, Trademark Law gives you the protective tools to prove secondary meaning, likelihood of confusion, counterfeiting, dilution, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, and misappropriation. Trademark Law also offers you equally sound advice on how to defend second comers, by alerting you to ways