Trademarks
Three Sources of Law (Co-existing law)
- Common Law (Case law)
- State Law (KRS 365.560 - 365.613)
- Federal Law (Lanham Act) (15 U.S.C. § 1117 et.al.)
Infringement
- Confusion/Mistake/Deception (15 U.S.C. § 1114)
- Unfair Competition
- Passing off (or attempting to) your goods/service as being the goods/services of another
- Ky - neither actual deception nor proof of intent required
- Anti-Dilution (Federal 1996)
- Seeks to protect goodwill of a buiness focusing on dilution, blurring or tarnishment of the mark
- Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, effective Nov. 29, 1999, § 43D