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Yamaha Intern. Corp. v. Hoshino Gakki Co.
840 F.2d 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1988) Cited 46 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding secondary meaning for shape of guitar head always appearing in advertising and promotional literature
In re Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.
777 F.2d 1556 (Fed. Cir. 1985) Cited 49 timesHolding "[e]vidence of the public's understanding of term," for purposes of establishing if mark is descriptive, "may be obtained from any competent source, including .^.^. dictionaries"
King-Seeley Thermos Co. v. Aladdin Industries
321 F.2d 577 (2d Cir. 1963) Cited 95 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding 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."