Color Dilution
Definitions
- (n.) A legal provision or doctrine that limits or modifies the effect of certain rights or claims due to a change in the appearance or characteristics of property, often relevant in intellectual property or trademark law.
The court applied color dilution principles to assess trademark infringement based on visual similarities.
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Though 'color dilution' commonly refers to an animal genetics term, in law it relates metaphorically to trademark cases involving weakening of a brand's distinctive quality.
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