August
Pre-Class – Mandatory Assignment.
Aug. 26 – Class 1 – Introduction.
Aug. 28 – Class 2 – Distinctiveness and Secondary Meaning.
September
Sept. 2 – Class 3 - Generic Terms.
Sept. 4 – Class 4 – Distinctiveness of Non-Verbal Identifiers.
Sept. 9 – Class 5 – Nonverbal Identifiers after Wal-Mart v. Samara
Sept. 11 – Class 6 – Exotic source identifiers, intersection with other areas of IP law.
Sept. 16 – Class 7 – Functionality
Sept. 18 – Class 8
Sept. 23 – Class 9 Use
Sept. 25 – Class 10 – More Use
Sept. 30 – Class 11 – Abandonment
October
Oct. 2 – Class 12 – Registration
Oct. 7 – Class 13 – More Registration and 2(a) issues. Read 332-363.
Oct. 9 – Class 14 – Registration and 2(a) Continued.
Oct 14 – Class 15 – Geographic Limits – Read 367-388 – Territoriality – Read 388 – 422
Oct 16 – Class 16 – Likelihood of Confusion – Read 443-479
Oct 21 – Class 17 – Likelihood of Confusion – Read 479-520
Oct 23 – Class 18 – Likelihood of Confusion – Read 520 – 534
Oct 28 – Class 19 – Confusion away from Point of Sale – Read 534-574
Oct 30 – Class 20 - Dilution – Read 585 – 598
November
November 4 – More Dilution – Read 598-611
November 6 – Cybersquatting – Read 611-657. Read the UDRP.
November 11 – More Cybersquatting – International Context – Reading TBA
November 13 – Permissible Uses – Read 663-720
November 18 – More Permissible Uses – Read 720-742
November 20 – Trademarks and the First Amendment
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