J Thomas McCarthy

Link to  Professor McCarthy's SSRN Author Page

Books

McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition, 4th ed. (7 volume treatise) (West Pub. Co., 1996; updated quarterly) (cited as an authority in over 3,000 judicial decisions).

The Rights of Publicity and Privacy, 2d ed. (2 volume treatise) (West Pub. Co., 2000; updated annually).

McCarthy’s Desk Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property, 3d ed. (BNA, 2004) (with R. Schechter & D. Franklyn).

Federal Antitrust Laws: Cases, Text, and Commentary, 4th ed. (West Pub. Co., 1981) (American Casebook series) (co-author).

Domestic and International Licensing of Technology, 1980 (Practising Law Institute, 1980) (Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Literary Property Course Handbook series; no. 126) (co-author).

Current Trends in Domestic and International Licensing of Technology (Practising Law Institute, 1979) (Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Literary Property Course Handbook series; no. 112) (co-author).

J. Thomas McCarthy on Trademark Law for Business Lawyers: Program Material, October/November 1978 (Berkeley: California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1978).

Articles

"Dilution of a Trademark: European and United States Law Compared," 94 Trademark Reporter 1163 (2004). [Available to Download at SSRN]

"Proving a Trademark Has Been Diluted: Theories or Facts?," 41 Houston Law Review 713 (2004). [Available to Download at SSRN]

"Protection of the Athlete’s Identity: The Right of Publicity, Endorsements and Domain Names," 11 Marquette Sports Law Review 1959 (2001) (co-author).

"Trademarks, Cybersquatters and Domain Names," 10 DePaul-LCA Journal of Art & Entertainment Law 227 (2000).

"The 1996 Federal Anti-Dilution Statute," 16 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal 587 (1998).

"Domain Names and Trademarks," 9 Australian Intellectual Property Law Journal 49 (1998).

"The 1996 U.S. Federal Anti-Dilution Statute," 9 Australian Intellectual Property Law Journal 38 (1998).

"Current Commentary on the Federal Trademark Dilution Act," (includes responses and replies) 87 Trademark Reporter 490 (1997).

"The Lanham Act Section 43(A): The Sleeping Giant Is Now Wide Awake," 59 Law and Contemporary Problems 45 (1996).

"The Human Persona As Commercial Property: The Right of Publicity," 19 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & Arts 129 (1995) (The Spring 1995 Horace S. Manges Lecture, Columbia University School of Law, March 9, 1995).

"Intellectual Property—America's Overlooked Export," 20 University of Dayton Law Review 809 (1995) [Reprinted in 28 Intellectual Property Law Review 315 (1996)].

"High-Tech Trademarks: Selection and Use," 21 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 265 (1993) (with Christopher M. Pickett).

Presentations

Presenter on recent developments in trademark law, Thomson-Reuters-West Publishing Company Seminar at the National Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Diego (August 2009).

Presenter on trademarks and anti-dilution law, Federal Judicial Center Intellectual Property Seminar, UC Berkeley (May 2008).