Non-functionality Doctrine

The Non-Functionality Doctrine is a legal principle in trademark law that serves as a threshold requirement for trade dress protection by excluding from such protection product features that are essential to the use or purpose of the product or affect its cost or quality, thereby distinguishing ornamental or source-identifying designs from those that are inherently functional.

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Publications

38

Citations

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Authors

3

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Authors

3

  1. MS
    Martin Senftleben

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  2. MM
    Marc Mimler

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  3. US
    Uma Suthersanen

    Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

3

  1. Bournemouth University

    Poole, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  2. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. GRUR International

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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