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2005
TRADEMARK DILUTION REVISION ACT OF 2005
HEARING
BEFORETHE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, THE INTERNET,  AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
OFTHE
 
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
ON
H.R. 683
FEBRUARY 17, 2005
Serial No. 109–2
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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, J
R
., Wisconsin,
Chairman
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina LAMAR SMITH, Texas ELTON GALLEGLY, California BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia STEVE CHABOT, Ohio DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee CHRIS CANNON, Utah SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama BOB INGLIS, South Carolina JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana MARK GREEN, Wisconsin RIC KELLER, Florida DARRELL ISSA, California JEFF FLAKE, Arizona MIKE PENCE, Indiana J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia STEVE KING, Iowa TOM FEENEY, Florida TRENT FRANKS, Arizona LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas JOHN CONYERS, J
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., Michigan HOWARD L. BERMAN, California RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JERROLD NADLER, New York ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina ZOE LOFGREN, California SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas MAXINE WATERS, California MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts ROBERT WEXLER, Florida  ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York  ADAM B. SCHIFF, California LINDA T. SA 
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NCHEZ, California  ADAM SMITH, Washington CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, MarylandP
HILIP
G.
IKO
,
Chief of Staff-General Counsel
P
ERRY 
H.
PELBAUM
,
 Minority Chief Counsel
S
UBCOMMITTEE ON
C
OURTS
,
THE
I
NTERNET
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NTELLECTUAL
P
ROPERTY 
 
LAMAR SMITH, Texas,
Chairman
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois ELTON GALLEGLY, California BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama BOB INGLIS, South Carolina RIC KELLER, Florida DARRELL ISSA, California CHRIS CANNON, Utah MIKE PENCE, Indiana J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia HOWARD L. BERMAN, California JOHN CONYERS, J
R
., Michigan RICK BOUCHER, Virginia ZOE LOFGREN, California MAXINE WATERS, California MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts ROBERT WEXLER, Florida  ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York  ADAM B. SCHIFF, California LINDA T. SA 
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NCHEZ, CaliforniaB
LAINE
M
ERRITT
,
Chief Counsel
D
 AVID
W
HITNEY 
,
Counsel
J
OE
EELEY 
,
Counsel
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LEC
F
RENCH
,
 Minority Counsel
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C O N T E N T S
FEBRUARY 17, 2005OPENING STATEMENT
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The Honorable Lamar Smith, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intel-lectual Property....................................................................................................1The Honorable Howard L. Berman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property....................................................................3WITNESSES Ms. Anne Gundelfinger, President, International Trademark Association Oral Testimony.....................................................................................................6Prepared Statement.............................................................................................7Mr. Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Univer-sity Oral Testimony.....................................................................................................18Prepared Statement.............................................................................................19Mr. William G. Barber, Partner, Fulbright and Jaworski, LLP, on behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Oral Testimony.....................................................................................................21Prepared Statement.............................................................................................23Mr. Marvin J. Johnson, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union Oral Testimony.....................................................................................................30Prepared Statement.............................................................................................31 APPENDIX M
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UBMITTED FOR THE
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EARING
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ECORD
 Prepared Statement of the Honorable Howard L. Berman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, and Ranking Member, Sub-committee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.........................49Letter from Marvin J. Johnson, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, in response to question from Rep. Darrell Issa.....................................51Letter from Alan C. Drewsen, Executive Director, International Trademark  Association (INTA), and Michael K. Kirk, Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)................................................53Letter from J. Jeffrey Hawley, President, Intellectual Property Owners Asso-ciation (IPO).........................................................................................................59Prepared Statement of Susan Barbieri Montgomery, Vice Chair, Section of Intellectual Property Law, on behalf of the Section of Intellectual Property Law of the American Bar Association................................................................60
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