Congress enacted the Trademark Dilution Revision Act (the "TDRA") about one year ago in an effort to resolve numerous open trademark issue.*  Many believe that the TDRA has opened more questions than it answered.  The University of Michigan Law Review’s First Impressions blog recently addressed those issues with a series of articles:

• Dilution’s (Still) Uncertain Future
  Graeme Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law
  Mark Janis, University of Iowa College of Law

  Looking at the litigation history of trademark dilution.

• What is Dilution, Anyway?
  Stacey Dogan, Northeastern University School of Law

  Considering the underlying meaning of dilution.

• The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006: A Welcome — and Needed — Change
  Dale Cendali & Bonnie Schriefer, O’Melveny & Myers LLP

  Explaining why the TDRA clarifies and strengthens First Amendment protections.

• The Dilution Solution: Populating the Trademark A-list
  Scott Wilcox, University of Michigan Law School

  Looking at the court as arbiters of fame.

*  For more on the TDRA, click here for the Blog’s archives and click here for the Seattle Trademark Lawyer’s coverage of the TDRA’s first anniversary.