Internet Domain Names & Metatag Controversies





Law Review Articles



  • Edward E. Vassallo & Maryanne Dickey, Protection in the United States for "Famous Marks": The Federal Trademark Dilution Act Revisited, 9 FORDHAM I. P., MEDIA & ENT. L.J. 503 (Winter, 1999), http://www.lexis.com (citing Calvin Designer Label).

  • Katherine E. Gasparek, Comment, Applying the Fair Use Defense in Traditional Trademark Infringement and Dilution Cases to Internet Meta Tagging or Linking Cases, 7 GEO. MASON L. REV. 787 (Spring 1999), http://www.lexis.com (arguing that although many uses of metatagging key words are made in good faith to help a user find information, the sheer size of the Internet makes it difficult to accurately gauge use that may violate trademark infringement and dilution laws).

  • Margueritte S. Dougherty, Note, The Lanham Act: Keeping Pace with Technology, 7 J.L. & Pol'y 455, 472 (1999), http://www.lexis.com (citing Estee Lauder).

  • Adam S. Chinnock, Note, Meta Tags: Another Whittle from the Stick of Trademark Protection?, 32 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. 255 (Fall 1998), http://www.lexis.com (discussing Bucci & Calvin Designer Label).

  • Jeffrey Kuester & Peter Nieves, Hyperlinks, Frames & Meta-Tags: An Intellectual Property Analysis, 38 IDEA: J.L. & Tech. 243 (1998), http://www.patentperfect.com/idea.htm (discussing intellectual property issues in metatagging cases & suggesting precautionary means to avoid infringement suits).

  • Ira S. Nathenson, Internet Infoglut and Invisible Ink: Spamdexing Search Engines with Meta Tags, 12 HARV. J. LAW & TEC 43 (Fall 1998), http://www.lexis.com (discussing Calvin Designer Label, Insituform Technologies, & Oppedahl & Larson).

  • Mark A. Thurmon, Recent Developments in Trademark Law, 7 TEX. INTELL. PROP. L.J. 179, 208 (Fall 1998), http://www.lexis.com (summarizing Playboy Enters. v. Wells).

  • Barbara Anna McCoy, Comment, An Invisible Mark: A Meta-Tag Controversy, 2 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 377 (1998), http://www.lexis.com (arguing that the traditional causes of action--trademark infringement, unfair competition, and dilution--are viable enough to warn business users to refrain from trademark infringment).

  • Todd W. Krieger, Note, Internet Domain Names and Trademarks: Strategies for Protecting Brand Names in Cyberspace, 32 SUFFOLK U. L. REV. 47, 58 (1998), http://www.lexis.com (citing Calvin Designer Label).

  • Maureen A. O'Rourke, Fencing Cyberspace: Drawing Borders in a Virtual World, 82 MINN. L. REV. 609, 673-74 (Feb. 1998), http://www.lexis.com (discussing Panavision v. Toeppen & trademark dilution).

  • Maureen A. O'Rourke, Defining the Limits of Free-Riding in Cyberspace: Trademark Liability for Metatagging, 33 GONZ. L. REV. 277 (1997/1998), http://www.lexis.com (arguing that even though metatagging may not be prohibited under conventional causes of action as trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, courts should not expand these causes of action or fashion new ones).

  • Michael Froomkin, A Commentary on WIPO's The Management of Internet Names and Addresses: Intellectual Property Issues, http://www.law.miami.edu/~amf/commentary.htm#_1_ (Commentary on the intellecutal issues in WIPO's The Management of Internet Names and Addresses).

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