Legal Opinion
Moseley v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 4, 2003No. 01-1015PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
delivered the opinion of the Court.†
In 1995 Congress amended §43 of the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U. S. C. § 1125, to provide a remedy for the “dilution of famous marks.” 109 Stat. 985-986. That amendment, known as the Federal Trademark Dilution Act (FTDA), describes the factors that determine whether a mark is “dis*421tinctive and famous,” and defines the term “dilution” as “the lessening of the capacity of a famous mark to identify and distinguish goods or services.”1 The question we granted *422certiorari to decide is whether objective proof of actual injury to the economic value of a famous mark…
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