trademark dilution

noun

The use of an image, sign, expression, etc. sufficiently close to one that is trademarked that it causes confusion ("blurs") about or brings disrepute ("tarnishes") to the trademarked item.

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Meanings

nountrademark dilution (plural trademark dilutions)

plural trademark dilutions · alternative dilution

  1. copyrightThe use of an image, sign, expression, etc. sufficiently close to one that is trademarked that it causes confusion ("blurs") about or brings disrepute ("tarnishes") to the trademarked item.
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trademark dilution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trademark%20dilution

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trademark dilution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trademark%20dilution.

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