tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post8818699560530768861..comments2024-03-22T08:01:16.236-04:00Comments on Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log: More pondering on the relationship between sec. 2 and sec. 43Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-70173958053929645682014-06-25T11:01:15.059-04:002014-06-25T11:01:15.059-04:00Maybe Fuddruckers, Inc. v. Doc's BR Others, In...Maybe Fuddruckers, Inc. v. Doc's BR Others, Inc., 826 F. 2d 837 (9th Cir 1987)?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05492286335181728938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-52643862170755034442014-06-25T11:00:06.281-04:002014-06-25T11:00:06.281-04:00Maybe Fuddruckers, Inc. v. Doc's BR Others, In...Maybe Fuddruckers, Inc. v. Doc's BR Others, Inc., 826 F. 2d 837 (9th Cir 1987)?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05492286335181728938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-43072779419968476482014-06-24T18:07:01.380-04:002014-06-24T18:07:01.380-04:00Good point--though 43 had already expanded a fair ...Good point--though 43 had already expanded a fair amount, I thought. Is there a case that you think represents a clear statement of pre-Taco Cabana law about what 43 would protect?RThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850241338827117087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-14274353066322230892014-06-24T16:28:34.447-04:002014-06-24T16:28:34.447-04:00I think there may be another explanation. Tradema...I think there may be another explanation. Trademark protection of unregistered marks was far less robust until the Supreme Court decision in Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana insisted that unregistered marks should be treated the same way as registered ones. That decision came down in 1992. NAFTA, though, was signed in 1992. So maybe neither our trading partners nor Congress considered the interplay of section 43(a) with the registration prohibitions because section 43(a) had not yet attained its vast scope.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337221446635270036noreply@blogger.com