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Recommended Reading: Prof. Christine Farley, "The Lost Unfair Competition Law"

Professor Christine Farley of American University Washington College of Law, in her article, "The Lost Unfair Competition Law," notes the oft-repeated assertion that trademark law ?is but a part of the broader law of unfair competition.? But what is the broader protection that unfair competition provides? Her article "explains why we have lost sight of this answer and become confused about the scope of unfair competition law today by providing a historical examination of the drafting and enactment of the act and mysterious treaty [The Inter-American Convention], and their forgotten connection."Professor Farley observes that unfair competition law reached its high point in 1918 in International News Service v. Associated Press. Edward S. Rogers, a major architect of the Lanham Act, was one of the few who drafted the Inter-American Convention, which contains substantial unfair competition protection...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on September 15, 2020 (boomark / email).