Trademark Law

Fall 2025

Class meeting time in WH 2A: Mon and Wed 1:00-2:20 pm

Required Materials: (1) Version 12 of Professor Barton Beebe's casebook Trademark Law: An Open-Access Casebook (July 2025), which will be available for free download at this link in late July 2025 and (2) other materials posted on this webpage or on Blackboard.

Reading Assignments

I will post the first four assignments on this page at least two weeks before classes begin. For now, consider reviewing the USPTO’s Trademarks webpage and the Trademark Information Network webpage. The topics we will cover in this class are below.

Introduction

I Establishing Trademark Rights

II. Enforcement of Trademark Rights

III. Defensive Doctrines in Trademark Law

IV. False Advertising

V. Right of Publicity

VI. Remedies