393.01 Trademark Law and Unfair Competition

Current trademark and unfair competition law will be inspected from three different view points: theory, case law, and client representation involving transaction and litigation strategies. The course will cover the requirements for obtaining trademark protection (distinctiveness, use in commerce, special rules for trade dress, various bars to protection such as functionality), confusion-based infringement, secondary liability, trademark dilution, statutory and common law defenses, false advertising, and cybersquatting.

Fall 2020

Course Number Course Credits Evaluation Method Instructor
393.01
2
Final Exam
Jennifer Jenkins
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.393.01.F20
Email list: LAW.393.01.F20@sakai.duke.edu
Course
Degree Requirements
JD elective
LLM-LE (JD) elective
IntlLLM-SJD-EXC elective
IntllLLM IP Cert
Course Areas of Practice
Business and Corporate Law
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Intellectual Property, Science, and Technology Law