Daimler-Chrysler AG

10 Cited authorities

  1. G. Heileman Brewing Co. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

    873 F.2d 985 (7th Cir. 1989)   Cited 121 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "L.A." was a descriptive abbreviation for the descriptive words "low alcohol" for beer and no secondary meaning was acquired
  2. Anheuser-Busch Inc. v. Stroh Brewery Co.

    750 F.2d 631 (8th Cir. 1984)   Cited 60 times
    Holding "L.A." suggestive of low alcohol beer
  3. In re Nett Designs, Inc.

    236 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2001)   Cited 28 times
    Finding that prior registrations of marks including the term ULTIMATE "do not conclusively rebut the Board's finding that ULTIMATE is descriptive in the context of this mark"
  4. King-Seeley Thermos Co. v. Aladdin Industries

    321 F.2d 577 (2d Cir. 1963)   Cited 95 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to determine whether trademark is generic, a court must determine the "principal significance of the word . . . its indication of the nature or class of an article, rather than an indication of its origin."
  5. Application of Abcor Development Corp.

    588 F.2d 811 (C.C.P.A. 1978)   Cited 36 times   2 Legal Analyses
    In Abcor, the question before the court was whether applicant's alleged mark (GASBADGE) was "merely descriptive" within the meaning of § 2(e)(1) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(e)(1).
  6. In re Gyulay

    820 F.2d 1216 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 14 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that the Board did not err in affirming the examiner's prima facie case that the mark was merely descriptive
  7. Donald F. Duncan, Inc. v. Royal Tops Mfg. Co.

    343 F.2d 655 (7th Cir. 1965)   Cited 40 times
    Relying on an expert linguist's testimony that supported holding that "yo-yo" was a generic term
  8. American Thermos Prod. Co. v. Aladdin Indus., Inc.

    207 F. Supp. 9 (D. Conn. 1962)   Cited 31 times
    Addressing the "Thermos Survey" which asks participants how they would identify a particular product given that it performs certain functions, in an effort to identify if the name of the product is generic
  9. G.T. Schjeldahl, Pack. M. D. v. L. Lodge 1680

    393 F.2d 502 (1st Cir. 1968)   Cited 22 times

    No. 7032. April 12, 1968. Robert J. Cotton, Boston, Mass., with whom Morris L. Deutsch and Schneider, Bronstein, Wolbarsht Deutsch, Boston, Mass., were on the brief, for appellant. Richard A. Skolnik, Providence, R.I., with whom Julius C. Michaelson and Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler Biener, Providence, R.I., were on the brief, for appellee. Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges. ALDRICH, Chief Judge. This is an action under section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations

  10. Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,607 times   274 Legal Analyses
    Granting authority to refuse registration to a trademark that so resembles a registered mark "as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive"