[apologies for cross-posting] [feel free to forward to others] ** *Symposium Announcement and Call for Papers* Trademark Dilution: Theoretical and Empirical Inquiries October 5, 2007 Santa Clara, California Symposium website: http://www.scu.edu/law/tmdilution/ Sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law *About the Symposium* This one-day symposium will bring together legal scholars and social scientists to examine trademark dilution as a legal and social phenomenon. Through the cross-disciplinary conversation, this conference will shed more light on the purported harms caused by trademark dilution and possible policy approaches to address those harms. The Santa Clara Computer & High Tech Law Journal anticipates publishing a complementary symposium edition of the journal. In addition, trademark dilution research will be collected at the symposium website ( http://www.scu.edu/law/tmdilution/ ), and videos from the event will be posted there as well. *Confirmed Speakers* (subject to change) Barton Beebe, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Robert Bone, Boston University School of Law Ron Butters, Department of English, Duke University Shari Diamond, Northwestern University School of Law Graeme Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law Jacob Jacoby, New York University Stern School of Business Xuan-Thao Nguyen, SMU Dedman School of Law Kenneth L. Port, William Mitchell College of Law Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center David Welkowitz, Whittier Law School *Call for Papers* If you are conducting empirical or theoretical research on trademark dilution and would be interested in presenting your research at the symposium or contributing to the symposium issue, please contact Eric Goldman ( egoldman@gmail.com ). Preference will be given to inquiries made prior to March 31, 2007. *For More Information * Professor Eric Goldman Director, High Tech Law Institute Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Phone: (408) 554-4369 Email: egoldman@gmail.com