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                     UNFAIR COMPETITION 3D



                        CHAPTER 1. THE FREEDOM TO COMPETE

§ 1. General Principles

C.A.D.C.2020.  Cit. in disc. (erron. cit. as Restatement Third of Torts). Restaurant owner brought claims
of unfair competition against the President of the United States and limited-liability company that
operated a hotel business held in trust for the sole benefit of the President, alleging that limited-liability
company  unfairly drew away plaintiff's customers by exploiting the surname of the President on the
hotel business's name. After removal to federal court, the district court granted defendants' motion to
dismiss. This court affirmed, holding that the District of Columbia did not recognize unfair-competition
claims based on a person using their political prestige to enhance the success of his or her businesses.
The court observed that plaintiff was unable to cite any caselaw recognizing the basis for his claims and
only pointed to passages from Restatement Second of Torts §§ 539 and 540 and Restatement Third of
Unfair Competition § 1 in asserting that the common law was evolving to favor fairness and commercial
morality in trade. K&D LLC v. Trump Old Post Office LLC, 951 F.3d 503, 510.



                         CHAPTER 3. THE LAW OF TRADEMARKS

                           TOPIC   3. INFRINGEMENT OF RIGHTS

§ 22. Proof of Likelihood of Confusion: Intent of the Actor

E.D.N.Y.2018.  Com. (c) quot. in case quot. in sup. Owner of various trademarks containing the word
BOLD   brought a lawsuit against competitors, alleging that defendants sold competing bathroom-
fixture products using a text logo with the word BOLD that infringed on plaintiff's trademarks. This
court adopted the recommendation of a magistrate judge and granted in part plaintiff's motion for
default judgment on other grounds, holding, inter alia, that defendants' continued use of plaintiff's
marks did not support an inference that they did so with the intent to confuse. The court quoted
Restatement Third of Unfair Competition § 22, Comment c, and Restatement of Torts § 729, Comment
f, in observing that defendants' continued use of the marks did not conclusively prove defendants' intent
to create confusion, but provided evidence suggesting that defendants knew their infringing use could
create confusion under the current market conditions. Kohler Co. v. Bold International FZCO, 422
F.Supp.3d 681, 728.



                    CHAPTER 4. APPROPRIATION OF TRADE VALUES

                                 TOPIC   2. TRADE   SECRETS

§ 45. Monetary Relief: Appropriation of Trade Secrets

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