Chapter
Trademarks and Domain Names
From Property: Volume 1 Christian Turner Assistant Professor of Law University of Georgia School of Law eLangdell® Press 2012 by Christian
Concepts
- Case Holding
"Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., 514 U.S. 159 (1995) J USTICE B REYER delivered the opinion of the Court. The question in this case is whether the Lanham Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act), 15
- Secondary Meaning
"II The Lanham Act gives a seller or producer the exclusive right to “register” a trademark, 15 U.S.C. § 1052 (1988 ed. and Supp. V), and to prevent his or her competitors from using that trademark, §
- Functionality Doctrine
"343 Neither can we find a principled objection to the use of color as a mark in the important “functionality” doctrine of trademark law. The functionality doctrine prevents trademark law, which seeks