Products Simulation and Contributory Trademark Infringement: A Right Suggests a Wrong

Samuel Oddi, University of Akron School of Law

Abstract

In the vacuum following the shock wave of Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stffiel Co. I and Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. a symposium was published under the provocative title, Product Simulation: A Right or a Wrong? The distinguished contributors to this symposium (Leeds, Handler, Derenberg, Brown, and Bender) differed-as might be expected-on the extent of damage that these decisions inflicted upon the state law of unfair competition.