Private Law Theory

“In this episode, Jorge L Contreras, Professor of Law at the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law, discusses his draft article ‘Sui-Genericide’. Contreras begins by explaining the difference between trademarks and generic terms, and how generic terms relate to the public domain in copyright and patent. He discusses how ‘genericide’ can turn strong trademarks into generic terms. But he observes that sometimes market participants want certain terms to be generic, even though they could qualify as trademark …” (podcast)

[Ipse Dixit, 25 July]

First posted 2019-07-25 05:58:23