100% Money back guaranteed

Document provided by...: www.proquest.com; (Learn more...); ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning.

Are you the owner of this document? Click here for information on why it's on Docstoc.

About This Document: For the past hundred and thirty years, the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion in the Trade-Mark Cases -- which invalidated the federal trademark laws enacted from 1870 through 1876 on constitutional grounds -- has stood as one of the few cases to opine on the scope of the Intellectual Property Clause of the US Constitution. The Court held that congressional regulation of both interstate and intrastate trademarks was impermissible on the grounds of both the Intellectual Property Clause and the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. For many legislators, common laws and state statutory protections for trademarks would be more than sufficient, while others would feel that protection was needed on a federal level. Setting the stage for the Trade-Mark Cases, the US Circuit Court for the Southern District of Wisconsin found the trademark laws unconstitutional in a written opinion by Judge Charles E. Dyer.

Stats: Type:
Acrobat PDF; Size:
25883 kb; Pages:
78; Views:
4; Posted:
06/18/10

Categories: DocStore > Periodicals > Law
Tags: St. John's Law Review, Summer 2009, IN SEARCH OF THE TRADE-MARK CASES: TH..., Rosen, Zvi S, Feature, Federal court decisions, Trademarks, Intellectual property, Constitutions, 4330, Litigation, 9190, United States, United States--US

IN SEARCH OF THE TRADE-MARK CASES: THE NASCENT TREATY POWER AND THE TURBULENT ORIGINS OF FEDERAL TRADEMARK LAW

Document Sample

IN SEARCH OF THE TRADE-MARK CASES: THE NASCENT TREATY POWER AND T

Zvi S Rosen

St. John's Law Review; Sum

By registering with docstoc.com you agree to our
privacy policy and terms of service