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Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

No. 75024024 (T.T.A.B. Oct. 30, 1998)
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

7 Cited authorities

  1. Astra Pharmaceutical, v. Beckman Instruments

    718 F.2d 1201 (1st Cir. 1983)   Cited 150 times
    Holding that temporary confusion regarding the association of salesmen from the plaintiff's company with the defendant was insufficient to raise a genuine issue of material fact

  2. In re E. I. DuPont DeNemours & Co.

    476 F.2d 1357 (C.C.P.A. 1973)   Cited 188 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Reciting thirteen factors to be considered, referred to as "DuPont factors"

  3. Continental Plast v. Owens Brockway Plast

    141 F.3d 1073 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 28 times
    Finding confusion "very unlikely" where the sales "are likely to be the culmination of long-term negotiations, direct communication between the parties, and ongoing contact"

  4. Electronic Design Sales v. Electronic Sys

    954 F.2d 713 (Fed. Cir. 1992)   Cited 28 times
    Holding that purchaser confusion is the "primary focus" and, in case of goods and services that are sold, "the inquiry generally will turn on whether actual or potential `purchasers' are confused"

  5. In re N.A.D. Inc.

    754 F.2d 996 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 7 times

    Appeal No. 84-1215. February 14, 1985. Stanley H. Cohen (argued), Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein Cohen, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant. Harris A. Pitlick (argued), Associate Sol., Arlington, Va., for appellee. With him on brief were Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol., and John W. Dewhirst, Associate Sol., Washington, D.C. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Before FRIEDMAN, RICH and BENNETT, Circuit Judges. RICH, Circuit Judge. This appeal is from

  6. 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"

  7. Section 1126 - International conventions

    15 U.S.C. § 1126   Cited 184 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Stating that an application under § 44 "must state the applicant's bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce, but use in commerce shall not be required prior to registration"