antidilution act
antidilution act. Trademarks. A statute prohibiting actions that are likely to lessen, diminish, or erode a famous mark’s capacity to identify and distinguish goods and services, without regard to whether the action creates a likelihood of confusion, mistake, or deception. • The Federal Trademark Dilution Act provides relief against another’s commercial use of a mark or tradename that dilutes the distinctive quality of a famous mark. More than half the states also have antidilution statutes, which are based on the International Trademark Association’s 1964 Model State Trademark Bill. — Also termed antidilution statute. [Cases: Trade Regulation 366. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition § 79.]
