Sarah Burstein on Nostr: For those who don't follow this area of law, a purported trademark (here, purported ...
For those who don't follow this area of law, a purported trademark (here, purported marks are product designs) has "secondary meaning," a/k/a aquired distinctiveness, when its "primary significance, in the minds of the public, is to identify the product's source rather than the product itself."
See Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros., 529 U.S. 205, 205–06 (2000).
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