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September 2005 | electronicRETAILER

Understanding Trade Dress Law

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This article stresses the importance of understanding the law of “trade dress” because in the absence of a utility patent, a design patent or a copyright that has clearly been infringed, most “knockoff” lawsuits boil down to trade dress.

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