Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Volume
110
Abstract
The accepted metaphor that trademark law is a species of the genus of unfair competition law distorts both the actual history and the relationship between the two. Tracing the development of the law reveals a related sequence of significant events, some of which have been forgotten. This back-story suggests that a particularly innovative treaty incorporated by reference into the Lanham Act was meant to be the vehicle for unfair competition protection. As a result of this lost law, unfair competition law remains an enigma today.
Recommended Citation
Christine Farley,
The Lost Unfair Competition Law,
110
Trademark Reporter
(2020).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1846