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.]