Holding that the District Court did not clearly err in finding that parties' products were unrelated even though both fell under the broader category of "corporate security" where the plaintiff focused on physical security and the defendant focused on information and computer security
Holding that "a party must demonstrate that it has a reasonable interest to be protected against conduct violating the Act" by asserting "a discernable competitive injury"'
Concluding that the same cause of action can exist in two cases only where the same set of transactional facts are involved in those cases and that, where the transactional facts differ, the doctrine of claim preclusion does not apply
133 F. Supp. 2d 823 (E.D. Va. 2001) Cited 53 times
Holding that a claim for the cancellation of a trademark was not ripe "[b]ecause this case does not involve any registered marks," and that the claim could not be brought until "the registration of one of proposed marks by the PTO"
Stating that the term privity "is simply a shorthand way of saying that nonparty [i.e. , a party not named in a prior action] will be bound by the judgment in that action"
Holding that "the case for permitting the PTO to proceed first is bolstered where the PTO adjudication might serve as a final disposition of the matter"
15 U.S.C. § 1052 Cited 1,616 times 275 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"