Notes:  "CB" = Ginsburg, Litman & Kevlin, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law;
"Supp." = Ginsburg, et al. 2003 Case Supplement and Statutory Appendix;
"Act" = Lanham Act, as amended, in the Supp.

 
I.  Theories of Trademark Protection

• Class 1:  "Owning" Words:  CB 1-30, 70-82.
• Class 2:  Preemption:  CB 31-44; *The Trade-Mark Cases (U.S. 1879); Act § 45 ("commerce" and last paragraph only); CB 44-58 (skim).
• [*Available at Class 1, or pick up outside Room 558.]

II.  Subject Matter of Trademarks; Trade Dress

• Class 3:  Subject Matter Generally:  CB 83-108.
• Class 4:  Distinctiveness; Secondary Meaning:  Act §§ 2(e)(1), (2)(f), 6; CB 108-33, 307-11.
• Class 5:  Distinctive Trade Dress:  Act § 43(a)(1)(A); CB 510-25; review Compco, CB 38-40.  Begin reading student discussion memos, posted by 8 pm the night before each class.
• Class 6:  Functionality and Marks:  Act § 2(e)(5); CB 286-307.
• Class 7:  Functionality and Trade Dress:  Act § 43(a)(3), CB 525-34; Supp. 51-53; CB 534-53 (in Best Cellars, focus on distinctiveness issues and skim the portion discussing the likelihood of confusion analysis).
• [Best Cellars ultimately acquired Grape Finds.  If you want to see the Best Cellars trade dress for yourself, go to Dupont Circle and take a look!  It's on Connecticut Ave. near the corner of R Street, near Cosi.]

III.  Trademark Adoption and Ownership

• Class 8:  Use in Commerce and Priority (Basics):  Act §§ 1(a), 7(c), 8-9 (skim), 22, 45 ("commerce", "use in commerce"); CB 134-55, 162-70.
• Class 9:  Use in Commerce and Priority (Complications):  CB 170-90.
• Class 10:  Intent to Use; Descriptiveness and Priority:  Act §§ 1(b)-d), 2(f), 7(c); CB 999-1000 (to end of 1st paragraph only), 191-211.

IV.  Trademark Registration

• Class 11:  Registration:  Act §§ 6, 7 (skim); CB 214-29; Act §§ 44(c)-(f), 61-71; CB 1012-13, 1000-04; Supp. 24-25.
• Class 12:  Bars to Registration:  Act §§ 2(a)-(e); CB 252-57, 269-77, 1009-10 (re geographical indications only); Supp. 26-33.
• Class 13:  Bars to Registration (cont'd):  Act §§ 1(a)(3)(D), 2(a), (d), 14 (preamble only), 16-20 (skim); CB 229-31; **Pro-Football, Inc. v. Harjo, 284 F. Supp. 2d 96 (D.D.C. 2003) (excerpts); CB 249-52, 257-69.
• [**Available at Class 12, or pick up outside Room 558.  You can get this yourself via Westlaw or Lexis, but note that the court's opinion is very long and I've edited it down substantially.]

V.  Loss of Trademark Protection

• Class 14:  Genericism:  Act § 14(3); CB 312-36, 346-48; Supp. 34-39; CB 353-55.
• Class 15:  Abandonment; Assignment in Gross:  Act §§ 5, 7(d), 10, 14(5), 45 ("abandonment of mark", "related company"), CB 356-71; Supp. 41-46; CB 374-83.

VI.  Trademark Infringement; False Designation of Origin

• Class 16:  Likelihood of Confusion:  Act §§ 32(1)-(2)(C), 33(a), 37; CB 391-424, 448-54.
• Class 17:  Likelihood of Confusion (cont'd); Remedies:  CB 424-45, 555-66; Act §§ 29, 34-36 (skim).
• Class 18:  Indirect Infringement; Incontestability; Fair Use:  CB 460-70; Act §§ 15, 14, 33(b); CB 474-81 (skim), 481-96.
• Class 19:  Border Control:  CB 1013-33.

VII.  Other Rights Against Unfair Competition

• Class 20:  Section 43(a) and Truthfulness in Advertising:  Act § 43(a)(1)(B), CB 569-78, 583-608, 614-17.
• Class 21:  Dilution:  CB 689-714, 727-32, 743-50.
• Class 22:  Dilution (cont'd):  Act §§ 2 (final paragraph), 43(c), 45 ("dilution"); CB 750-64, 732-39; Supp. 80-95.
• Class 23:  Rights of Attribution and Publicity:  CB 618-22, 626-42; Supp. 62-67; CB 642-55.
• Class 24:  The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act:  Act §§ 32(2)(d), 43(d); CB 765-85; Supp. 96-105; CB 791-99.
• Class 25:  Domain Name Administration:  CB 799-805, 806-29; Supp. 105-16.

VIII.  Lawful Unauthorized Uses, Old and New

• Class 26:  Referential Use; Promotional Goods:  CB 68-70, 841-51; Supp. 117-26; CB 851-74.
• Class 27:  Parody:  CB 874-93; Supp. 126-35; CB 657-68, 678-76.
• Class 28:  Trademarks as Speech:  CB 830-41, 915-32; Supp. 135-46.