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Gail Borden, Jr. (1801-1874)
Borden Ice Cream Co. v. Borden’s Condensed Milk Co. (7th Cir. 1912)
Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. (9th Cir. 1963)
Polaroid factors
1. Strength of the mark
2. Proximity of the goods
3. Similarity of the marks
4. Actual confusion
5. Quality of goods
6. Buyer sophistication
7. Defendant’s intent
8. Likelihood of expansion
Copy Cop v. Task Printing, 908 F.Supp. 37 (D. Mass. 1995)
SIGHT
Consolidated Freightways v. Central Transport, 201 USPQ 524 (E.D. Mich. 1978)
SIGHT
Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. PEK, Inc., 184 USPQ 559 (TTAB 1974)
SIGHT
Daimler-Benz v. Mitsubishi, 172 USPQ 86 (TTAB 1971)
Daimler-Benz v. Ford, 143 USPQ 453 (TTAB 1964)
Daimler-Benz v. Chrysler, 169 USPQ 686 (TTAB 1971)
SIGHT
SOUND
MEANING
National Rural Electric Cooperative Ass’n v. Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., 78 U.S.P.Q.2d 1881 (TTAB 2006)
Kellogg, Inc. v. Toucan Golf, Inc., 337 F.3d 616 (6th Cir. 2003)
Pikle-Rite Co. v. Chicago Pickle Co. (N.D. Ill. 1959)
Chupa Chups v. Chupa Gurts
Enrique Bernat F., S.A. v. Guadalajara, Inc. (5th Cir. 2000)
AMF Nescher
AMF, Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats, 599 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1979)
GoTo.com, Inc. v. Walt Disney Company (9th Cir. 2000)
GoTo.com, Inc. v. Walt Disney Company (9th Cir. 2000)
GoTo.com, Inc. v. Walt Disney Company (9th Cir. 2000)
Section 32: (1) Any person who shall, without the consent of the registrant— (a) use in commerce any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a registered mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive; . . .
Section 43(a): (a) Civil action (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which— (A) is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person, . . .
Conopco, Inc. v. May Dept. Stores Co. (Fed. Cir. 1994)
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Gibson Les Paul
PRS Singlecut
General Motors v. Urban Gorilla (10th
Cir. 2007)