"Trade Distinctiveness: Solving Scalia's Tertium Quid Trade Dress Conundrum" by Lars S. Smith

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Trade Distinctiveness: Solving Scalia's Tertium Quid Trade Dress Conundrum

Michigan State Law Review (2005)

Lars S. Smith, University of Louisville

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Abstract

The article covers issues relating to protection of unregistered trade dress under Lanham Act section 43(a) in light of the Supreme Court's Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros. Inc. case. The article proposes a new system by which to determine whether trade dress should be protected from its first use in commerce, suggesting that a new category of distinctiveness for all trade dress be created, entitled "trade distinctiveness."

Keywords

trademark,
trade dress,
tertium quid,
distinctiveness

Disciplines

Commercial Law,
Intellectual Property Law and
Supreme Court of the United States

Publication Date

2005

Citation Information

Lars S. Smith. "Trade Distinctiveness: Solving Scalia's Tertium Quid Trade Dress Conundrum" Michigan State Law Review (2005) p. 243
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lars_smith/6/