Lake Norman Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge, Inc.

6 Cited authorities

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).
University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co.
703 F.2d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 1983) Cited 19 times 2 Legal Analyses
In University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co., 703 F.2d 1372, 1376, 217 USPQ 505, 509 (Fed. Cir. 1983), the court added that section 2(a) embraces concepts of the right to privacy which may be violated even in the absence of likelihood of confusion.
In re Societe Generale Des Eaux Minerales De Vittel S.A.
824 F.2d 957 (Fed. Cir. 1987) Cited 9 times 2 Legal Analyses
No. 87-1127. July 14, 1987. Paul F. Kilmer, Mason, Fenwick Lawrence, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Albin F. Drost, Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, Va., for appellee. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH and BISSELL, Circuit Judges. RICH, Circuit Judge. This appeal is from the 30 September 1986 decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board), 1 USPQ2d
Hancock v. Am. Steel Wire Co. of N.J
203 F.2d 737 (C.C.P.A. 1953) Cited 30 times
Holding infringer's use of "Tornado" on wire fencing carried identical meaning to protected user's "Cyclone"
In re Mid-West Abrasive Co.
146 F.2d 1011 (C.C.P.A. 1945) Cited 2 times
Patent Appeals Nos. 4935, 4936. January 4, 1945. Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents, Serial Nos. 4935, 4936. Proceedings in the matter of the separate applications of Mid-West Abrasive Company for registration of two trade-marks. From the decisions of the Commissioner of Patents affirming decisions of the Examiner of Trade-Marks denying the application, applicant appeals. Affirmed. Whittemore, Hulbert Belknap, Clarence B. Zewadski, and William H. Gross, all of Detroit, Mich., for appellant.
Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration
15 U.S.C. § 1052 Cited 1,595 times 273 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"

Lake Norman Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge, Inc.

6 Cited authorities

Application of Abcor Development Corp.

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).

University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co.

In University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co., 703 F.2d 1372, 1376, 217 USPQ 505, 509 (Fed. Cir. 1983), the court added that section 2(a) embraces concepts of the right to privacy which may be violated even in the absence of likelihood of confusion.

In re Societe Generale Des Eaux Minerales De Vittel S.A.

Hancock v. Am. Steel Wire Co. of N.J

Holding infringer's use of "Tornado" on wire fencing carried identical meaning to protected user's "Cyclone"

In re Mid-West Abrasive Co.

Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration

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"