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Recommended Reading: Scot Duvall on the The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006

By John L. Welch

Scot Duvall has provided his enlightening commentary on the TDRA in an article in the latest issue of The Trademark Reporter, entitled "The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006: Balanced Protection for Famous Brands." (download pdf here). Scot represented Petitioner Moseley in the landmark Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. case and served on, inter alia, the INTA's Drafting Committee for Revisions to FTDA. Who better to explain the TDRA and its workings?Scot A. DuvallAccording to Mr. Duvall, the TDRA "clarifies the importance of dilution law as an essential part of federal trademark law, and brings much needed balance and clarity to the Lanham's Acts treatment of this oft-maligned area of the law."The Moseley decision's holding that the FTDA required that a dilution claimant prove actual dilution, was a significant catalyst for the trademark bar's effort to revamp the federal dilution statute...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on December 17, 2007 (boomark / email).