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QVC, Inc. v. Home Shopping Network, Inc.

No. 91103135 (T.T.A.B. Dec. 17, 1999)
QVC, Inc. v. Home Shopping Network, Inc.

9 Cited authorities

  1. In re Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Smith

    828 F.2d 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 57 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding applicant's incontestable registration of a service mark for "cash management account" did not automatically entitle applicant to registration of that mark for broader financial services

  2. In re Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.

    777 F.2d 1556 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 49 times
    Holding "[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"

  3. King-Seeley Thermos Co. v. Aladdin Industries

    321 F.2d 577 (2d Cir. 1963)   Cited 94 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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."

  4. H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. International Ass'n of Fire Chiefs, Inc.

    782 F.2d 987 (Fed. Cir. 1986)   Cited 44 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Reversing decision of TTAB that "Fire Chief," as applied to monthly magazine circulated to fire departments, was generic

  5. Magic Wand, Inc. v. RDB, Inc.

    940 F.2d 638 (Fed. Cir. 1991)   Cited 32 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that the Lanham Act is clear "that the relevant public for a genericness determination is the purchasing or consuming public"

  6. Valuevision Int. v. F.C.C

    149 F.3d 1204 (D.C. Cir. 1998)   Cited 4 times

    No. 97-1138, 97-1178 Argued March 10, 1998 Decided July 24, 1998 On Petitions for Review of an Order of the Federal Communications Commission. William R. Richardson, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner ValueVision International, Inc. With him on the briefs was Jonathan J. Frankel. J. Roger Wollenberg entered an appearance. Peter Tannenwald argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner Community Broadcasters Association. Joel Marcus, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause

  7. In re Seats, Inc.

    757 F.2d 274 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 10 times
    Holding that the word "SEATS" was not generic for ticket reservations services even though it could not be registered in connection with chairs or couches

  8. Application of Sun Oil Company

    426 F.2d 401 (C.C.P.A. 1970)   Cited 8 times

    Patent Appeal No. 8320. May 28, 1970. Donald R. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa., attorney of record, for appellant. Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents, D. Lenore Lady, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Before RICH, Acting Chief Judge, ALMOND, BALDWIN and LANE, Judges, and FISHER, Chief Judge, Eastern District of Texas, sitting by designation. ALMOND, Judge. Sun Oil Company brings this appeal from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 155 USPQ 600 (1967), affirming

  9. Section 76.922 - Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming services tiers

    47 C.F.R. § 76.922   Cited 10 times

    (a)Basic and cable programming service tier rates. Basic service tier and cable programming service rates shall be subject to regulation by the Commission and by state and local authorities, as is appropriate, in order to assure that they are in compliance with the requirements of 47 U.S.C. 543 . Rates that are demonstrated, in accordance with this part, not to exceed the "Initial Permitted Per Channel Charge" or the "Subsequent Permitted Per Channel Charge" as described in this section, or the equipment