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Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc.

No. 74418140 (T.T.A.B. Mar. 5, 1999)
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc.

17 Cited authorities

  1. Inwood Laboratories v. Ives Laboratories

    456 U.S. 844 (1982)   Cited 1,290 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that secondary liability for trademark infringement arises when a manufacturer or distributor intentionally induces another to infringe

  2. Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.

    514 U.S. 159 (1995)   Cited 573 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Holding companies may not "inhibit[] legitimate competition" by trademarking desirable features to "put competitors at a significant non-reputation-related disadvantage"

  3. Kellogg Co. v. Nat. Biscuit Co.

    305 U.S. 111 (1938)   Cited 552 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Kellogg's sharing in the goodwill of the unprotected "Shredded Wheat" market was "not unfair"

  4. In re Morton-Norwich Products, Inc.

    671 F.2d 1332 (C.C.P.A. 1982)   Cited 109 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that configuration of "Glass Plus" spray-bottle warranted trademark protection

  5. Seabrook Foods v. Bar-Well Foods LTD

    568 F.2d 1342 (C.C.P.A. 1978)   Cited 100 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth analysis governing inherent distinctiveness of design marks

  6. Wiley v. American Greetings Corp.

    762 F.2d 139 (1st Cir. 1985)   Cited 55 times
    Holding that a red heart on a teddy bear "earrie[d] no distinctive message of origin to the consumer . . . given the heart shape's widespread use as decoration for any number of products put out by many different companies"

  7. Ralston Purina Company v. Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.

    341 F. Supp. 129 (S.D.N.Y. 1972)   Cited 67 times
    Comparing cases involving different durations in the use of a mark

  8. Application of Deister Concentrator Company

    289 F.2d 496 (C.C.P.A. 1961)   Cited 67 times
    Rejecting the need to consider advertising "gimmicks" designed to acquaint the public with a mark that is incapable of acquiring secondary meaning

  9. In re Bongrain Intern

    894 F.2d 1316 (Fed. Cir. 1990)   Cited 10 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Determining that "[g]rowth in sales" did not prove acquired distinctiveness where it "may indicate the popularity of the product itself rather than recognition of the mark"

  10. In re R.M. Smith, Inc.

    734 F.2d 1482 (Fed. Cir. 1984)   Cited 15 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that existence of design patent "may be some evidence of non-functionality"

  11. Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification

    15 U.S.C. § 1051   Cited 3,882 times   126 Legal Analyses
    Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark

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

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,599 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"