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Playboy Enterprises v. Netscape Communications
This case is a straightforward application of initial interest confusion, but with keywords rather than metatags. The case also introduces a new defense: nominative use. Like fair use in Brookfield, this will be explored in later cases. Perhaps most important, the concurrence in this case shows a beginning challenge to initial interest confusion that continues in future cases.
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