11 Cited authorities
Inwood Laboratories v. Ives Laboratories
456 U.S. 844 (1982) Cited 1,261 times 25 Legal AnalysesHolding that secondary liability for trademark infringement arises when a manufacturer or distributor intentionally induces another to infringe
United Drug Co. v. Rectanus Co.
248 U.S. 90 (1918) Cited 547 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that it is a "fundamental error [to suppose] that a trade-mark right is a right in gross or at large" and that there is "no such thing as property in a trade-mark except as a right appurtenant to an established business or trade in connection with which the mark is employed"
In re Bayer
488 F.3d 960 (Fed. Cir. 2007) Cited 39 times 2 Legal AnalysesEndorsing the use of internet evidence as admissible and competent evidence for evaluating a trademark
In re Nett Designs, Inc.
236 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2001) Cited 28 timesFinding 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"
Magic Wand, Inc. v. RDB, Inc.
940 F.2d 638 (Fed. Cir. 1991) Cited 32 times 1 Legal AnalysesExplaining that the Lanham Act is clear "that the relevant public for a genericness determination is the purchasing or consuming public"
Reed v. Amoco Oil Co.
611 F. Supp. 9 (M.D. Tenn. 1984) Cited 2 timesNo. 3-84-0576 October 3, 1984. Mark J. Patterson, Don L. Smith, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs. Robert J. Walker, R. Dale Grimes, Nashville, Tenn., Robert M. Newbury, Chicago, Ill., for defendant. MEMORANDUM THOMAS WISEMAN, Senior District Judge. I. Introduction Before this Court is a motion by plaintiffs, Jerry Reed and Thompson Station Congregation, Inc. [Jerry Reed], for a preliminary injunction to stop defendant Amoco Oil Company from using the advertising slogan "We go that extra mile" in
In re Bose Corp.
546 F.2d 893 (C.C.P.A. 1976) Cited 1 timesPatent Appeal No. 76-581. December 16, 1976. Charles Hieken, Hieken Cohen, Waltham, Mass., atty. of record, for appellant. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Fred W. Sherling, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. LANE, Judge. This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) affirming the refusal to register SYNCOM for loudspeaker
Application of Standard Oil Company
275 F.2d 945 (C.C.P.A. 1960) Cited 4 timesPatent Appeal No. 6493. March 8, 1960. Leland L. Chapman, Cleveland, Ohio (Martin T. Fisher, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellant. Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, and SMITH, Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK. United States Senior Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, designated to participate in place of Judge O'Connell, pursuant to provisions of Section 294(d), Title 28 United States Code
Application of Todd Co.
290 F.2d 597 (C.C.P.A. 1961) Cited 3 timesPatent Appeal No. 6669. June 2, 1961. Fidler, Beardsley Bradley, Chicago, Ill. (Charles W. Bradley, Jr., Raymond E. Fidler and Roy E. Petherbridge, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant. Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D.C., for Commissioner of Patents. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, and SMITH, Associate Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK. United States Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, designated to participate in place of Judge O'CONNELL, pursuant
Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification
15 U.S.C. § 1051 Cited 3,806 times 124 Legal AnalysesRequiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark
Section 1127 - Construction and definitions; intent of chapter
15 U.S.C. § 1127 Cited 2,954 times 96 Legal AnalysesGranting standing under § 1114 to the legal representative of the registrant of a trademark