Abstract
This essay explores the interaction between common law trademarks and the Internet--a relationship that has yet to be scrutinized by the intellectual property and Internet communities. More specifically, it strains to identify a common law mark's territorial zone of protection with respect to the Internet. This is an ambitious endeavor from the start, for there is no case law or published academic material available or directly on-point. As a result, this essay will not be a critique of judicial precedent or academic opinion. Instead, it offers a premonition of future case law and a foreshadowing of legal scenarios that might soon be faced by common law trademark owners throughout the U.S.
Recommended Citation
Brian L. Berlandi,
What State Am I In?: Common Law Trademarks on the Internet ,
4
Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev.
105
(1998).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mttlr/vol4/iss1/4
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