Functionality doctrine
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functionality-doctrine-284-2498128
title:
Functionality doctrine
text:
In United States trademark law, the functionality doctrine prevents manufacturers from protecting specific features of a product by means of trademark law. There are two branches of the functionality doctrine: utilitarian functionality and aesthetic functionality. The rationale behind functionality doctrine is that product markets would not be truly competitive if newcomers could not make a product with a feature that consumers demand. Utilitarian functionality provides grounds to deny federal t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Prevention of trademarking a product's features
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionality_doctrine
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2022-10-25T04:58:27Z
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