This course covers U.S. trademark and unfair competition law (other than antitrust law), focusing on the Lanham Act, federal registration, and international conventions for trademark protection as well as the fundamental policies underlying unfair competition. The three-credit version of the course will also include detailed coverage of state trademark and unfair competition laws. In addition to these basic issues, the course will address issues of current interest, such as: protection of Internet domain names; trademarking celebrities; conflicts between trademark protection and the copyright and patent laws; and trademark dilution. The course grade will be determined by performance on written exercises and the final examination.