Profiles Corp.
6 Cited authorities
Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc.
469 U.S. 189 (1985) Cited 941 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that an incontestable mark cannot be challenged as merely descriptive
Aromatique, Inc. v. Gold Seal, Inc.
28 F.3d 863 (8th Cir. 1994) Cited 181 timesHolding that the plaintiff's pillow-shaped cellophane packages were not inherently distinctive, because commonplace
In re E. I. DuPont DeNemours & Co.
476 F.2d 1357 (C.C.P.A. 1973) Cited 188 times 30 Legal AnalysesReciting thirteen factors to be considered, referred to as "DuPont factors"
In re Nat. Data Corp.
753 F.2d 1056 (Fed. Cir. 1985) Cited 70 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a "likelihood of confusion cannot be predicated on dissection of a mark"
In re Shell Oil Co.
992 F.2d 1204 (Fed. Cir. 1993) Cited 35 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding a correlation based on evidence of “overlap of consumers”
Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration
15 U.S.C. § 1052 Cited 1,584 times 270 Legal AnalysesGranting 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"