In the wake a of a settlement between Tiffany & Co. and a 50-year-old Miami hotel, other landmarks that share famous namesakes appear vulnerable. The threat lies in the Dilution Act, which targets portraying a famous mark in an unsavory context or the whittling away of distinctiveness by noncompeting businesses. The act has no statute of limitations and no provision on whether it can be applied retroactively, and the courts have rendered inconsistent decisions that cry out for clarity.
August 27, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Bewildered and hardly amused, the staff of Tiffany & Co.’s new WorthAvenue store on Palm Beach couldn’t understand why young women keptcalling asking to apply as exotic lap dancers.
Sorry, wrong number. The dancers wanted Tiffany Cabaret in BoyntonBeach.
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