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MOSELEY, VICTOR, ET UX., ETC. v. V SECRET CATALOGUE, ET AL. (29024)
Order dated: 04/15/02Docket number: 01-1015
Action:
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
MOSELEY, VICTOR, ET UX., ETC. v. V SECRET CATALOGUE, ET AL. (29024)
Order dated: 10/07/02Docket number: 01-1015
Action:
The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
Whether the plain meaning of the operative phrase causes dilution of the distinctive quality of the mark, read in pari materia with the definition of dilution as the lessening of the capacity of a famous mark to identify and distinguish goods and services, requires objective proof of actual injury to the economic value of the famous mark (as opposed to a presumption of harm arising from a subjective likelihood of dilution standard) as a precondition to any and all relief under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act.
An opinion has been handed down:
- Concurrence (Kennedy)
- Opinion (Stevens)
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