1997 Minnesota Statutes

     325D.165 Injury to business reputation. 

    Likelihood of injury to business reputation or of dilution 
 of the distinctive quality of a mark or trade name shall be 
 grounds for injunctive relief, regardless of the presence or the 
 absence of competition between the parties or likelihood of 
 confusion, mistake, or deception. 

    For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
 the meanings given them: 

    (1) "dilution" means the lessening of the capacity of an 
 owner's mark to identify and distinguish goods or services; and 

    (2) "distinctive quality" means the mark is inherently 
 distinctive or has acquired distinctiveness, and the mark is 
 well known or famous. 

    HIST: 1994 c 477 s 1