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The Valspar Corporation

No. 74722274 (T.T.A.B. Jul. 21, 1998)
The Valspar Corporation

7 Cited authorities

  1. In re Nat. Data Corp.

    753 F.2d 1056 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 70 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "likelihood of confusion cannot be predicated on dissection of a mark"

  2. Jean Patou, Inc. v. Jacqueline Cochran, Inc.

    201 F. Supp. 861 (S.D.N.Y. 1962)   Cited 56 times
    Finding the mark JOY suggestive when used for a fragrance

  3. Jean Patou, Inc. v. Jacqueline Cochran, Inc.

    312 F.2d 125 (2d Cir. 1963)   Cited 53 times
    Affirming district court with special emphasis on fact that defendant's use of JOY OF BATHING appeared in conjunction with other textual phrases

  4. 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.

  5. 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"

  6. Bellbrook Dairies v. Hawthorn-Mellody Farms

    253 F.2d 431 (C.C.P.A. 1958)   Cited 20 times

    Patent Appeal No. 6337. March 21, 1958. William G. MacKay, San Francisco, Cal. (Charles R. Allen, Jr., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellant. Byron, Hume, Groen Clement, Chicago, Ill. (Samuel Lebowitz, Washington, D.C., and Milton T. Miller, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee. Before JOHNSON, Chief Judge, and O'CONNELL, WORLEY, RICH, and JACKSON (retired), Judges. O'CONNELL, Judge. This is an appeal from the decision of the Assistant Commissioner of Patents, acting for the Commissioner

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

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,583 times   269 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"