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C/I – if the harm occurs in the US, then enforcement is domestic protection

The harm of infringement occurred to domestic companies – that means the plan’s a domestic protection

LAWRENCE K. NODINE, 2022 – counsel of record for the International Trademark Association. “BRIEF OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF NEITHER PARTY” in the case of ABITRON AUSTRIA GMBH, ET AL., Petitioners, v. HETRONIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. Respondent.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21-1043/250905/20221227154119470_21-1043%20Brief.pdf //DH

Importantly, the Lanham Act’s focus is not limited to point-of-sale consumer confusion. It is broader, and provides remedies against pre-sale and post-sale confusion, injury to reputation, mistaken affiliation or sponsorship, and dilution. If a foreign actor causes substantial injury in the U.S. in these ways, then it would be a permissible domestic application of the Lanham Act to enjoin or provide compensation for these injuries.

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