Trademark Dilution: Empirical Measures for an Elusive Concept

37 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2000

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Maureen Morrin

Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management; Temple University - Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Jacob Jacoby

New York University (NYU) - Department of Marketing; New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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Date Written: May 2000

Abstract

Consumer researchers have conceptualized brand name dilution in terms of the potentially damaging effects that a company's own brand extensions can have on beliefs and attitudes toward its parent brands. A different form of dilution, trademark dilution, can also occur through the unauthorized use of a mark (brand, logo, etc.) by an entity other than its owner. With passage of the Federal Trademark Dilution Act in 1996, an increasing number of trademark dilution cases are being litigated. A recurring issue in these cases has been how to measure trademark dilution. This paper reviews the concept of trademark dilution and explores how recognition and recall based methods can be used for empirically assessing trademark dilution. The impact of brand familiarity and product category similarity on the extent of trademark dilution is also investigated. Implications, limitations, and areas for further research are discussed.

Suggested Citation

Morrin, Maureen and Jacoby, Jacob, Trademark Dilution: Empirical Measures for an Elusive Concept (May 2000). NYU, Ctr for Law and Business Research Paper No. 00-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=231023

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