David Hilliard : Courses and Seminars
Advanced Trademarks and Unfair Competition
LAWS 69902
This seminar addresses current issues and developments such as the constitutional foundations and limitations of trademark protection; domain names and cybersquatting; the geographic scope of trademark rights; empirical proofs and elusive harms; dilution, property rights, and misappropriation; the proliferation of subdoctrines; configuration, functionality, and secondary meaning; parody and commercial speech; and the right of publicity. Trademarks and Unfair Competition is a prerequisite for the seminar. A student's grade is based on class participation and either a series of thought papers for two credits, or a series of short papers totaling at least 25 pages or a major research paper, both for three credits. Enrollment is limited to twenty-two students. Writing for this seminar may be used as partial fulfillment of the JD writing requirement (SWP for JD '10 with instructor approval and submission of a major research papar; WP for JD '11 and JD '12).
Winter 2009
Chad J. Doellinger, David Hilliard, Uli Widmaier
