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“trademark protection guards the public from being deceived into purchasing an infringing unwanted product”
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Programmed Tax Systems, Inc. v. Raytheon Co.
trademark protection guards the public from being deceived into purchasing an infringing unwanted product
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See Rice v. U.S. , 348 F. Supp. 254 (1972) affirmed at 479 F.2d 58 (1973), cert denied 94 S.Ct. 66 , 414 U.S. 858 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973); St.
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Molins PLC v. Textron, Inc.
See Penn Yan Boats, Inc. v. Sea Lark Boats, Inc., 359 F.Supp. 948, 965 (S.D.Fla.1972), aff'd., 479 F.2d 1328 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 874 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 115 (1973). 21 The Court finds that Smith acted intentionally because Wagenseil was initially withheld and later disclosed with a large number of other allegedly prior art references.
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Nestle Co., Inc. v. Chester's Market, Inc.
See Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Company, 477 F.2d 326, 328 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973).
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Hindu Incense, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Charles Meadows and Dorothy Meadows, Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees
See Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 328 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973), rehearing denied, 414 U.S. 1033 , 94 S.Ct. 465 , 38 L.Ed.2d 326 (1973).
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Health Industries, Inc. v. European Health Spas
See, Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326 (3rd Cir. 1973), cert. den. 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 .
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Reddy Communications, Inc. v. Environmental Action Foundation
See Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326 (6th Cir. 1973) cert. denied 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973); Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Heraeus Engelhard Vacuum, Inc., 395 F.2d 457 (3rd Cir. 1968); Mr. Travel v. V.I.P.
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Reddy Communications v. Environmental Action
See Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326 (6th Cir. 1973) cert. denied 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973); Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Heraeus Engelhard Vacuum, Inc., 395 F.2d 457 (3rd Cir. 1968); Mr. Travel v. V.I.P.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp.
See e.g., Penn Yan Boats, Inc. v. Sea Lark Boats, Inc., 359 F.Supp. 948 , aff'd, 479 F.2d 1328 (5th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 874 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 115 (1973) (inequitable conduct found where patentee mischaracterized a reference and then buried it as the thirteenth of thirteen references submitted to *546 the USPO); Golden Valley Microwave Foods Inc. v. Weaver Popcorn Co., Inc., 887 F.Supp. 1444 (N.D.Ind.1992), aff'd w’out op. 11 F.3d 1072 (Fed.Cir.1993), cert. denied, 511 U.S. 1128 , 114 S.Ct. 2136 , 128 L.Ed.2d 865 (1994).
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Joe A. Contreras, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. Joe A. Contreras General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. The Estate of Charley Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Joe A. Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Joe A. Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Co. Xavier Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. Joe A. Contreras Pencon International, Inc. The Estate of Charley Contreras General Magnetics/electric Wholesale Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants
International Order of Job's Daughters v. Lindeburg & Co., 633 F.2d 912, 918 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 941 , 101 S.Ct. 3086 , 69 L.Ed.2d 956 (1981); see also Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 329 (6th Cir.) ("The essence of the wrong of trademark infringement is the passing off of the goods of one as those of another."), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973).
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Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc.
International Order of Job’s Daughters v. Lindeburg & Co., 633 F.2d 912, 918 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 941 , 101 S.Ct. 3086 , 69 L.Ed.2d 956 (1981); see also Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 329 (6th Cir.) (“The essence of the wrong of trademark infringement is the passing off of the goods of one as those of another.”), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973).
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Houbigant, Inc. v. ACB Mercantile, Inc.
Compare Lear, Inc. v. Adkins, 395 U.S. 653 , 89 S.Ct. 1902 , 23 L.Ed.2d 610 (1969) (estoppel doctrine does not apply to patent licensees) with Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 328-29 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973) (estoppel doctrine does apply to trademark licensees).
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In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation
See also Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 329 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973) ("The essence of the wrong of trademark infringement is the passing off of the goods of one as those of another.”); Continental Motors Corp. v. Continental Aviation Corp., 375 F.2d 857, 861 (5th Cir. 1967) ("Confusion, or the likelihood of confusion ... is the real test of trademark infringement.”); Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Safeway Properties, Inc., 307 F.2d 495, 497 (2d Cir.1962) (“The keystone in that portion of the law of unfair competition which rela…
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Wcvb-Tv v. Boston Athletic Association
Compare Lear, Inc. v. Adkins, 395 U.S. 653 , 89 S.Ct. 1902 , 23 L.Ed.2d 610 (1969) (estoppel doctrine does not apply to patent licensees) with Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 328-29 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973) (estoppel doctrine does apply to trademark licensees).
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Mobil Oil Corporation v. Pegasus Petroleum Corporation
See, e.g., Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 329 (6th Cir.) (“It is well settled that words and their pictorial representation are treated the same in determining the likelihood of confusion between two marks.”), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973); Izod, Ltd. v. Zip Hosiery Co., 405 F.2d 575, 577 (C.C.P.A.1969) (“Members of the purchasing public viewing appellant’s pictorial representation of a feline animal as applied to men’s and women’s outer shirts and appellee’s literal designation TIGER HEAD for men’s work socks might well and re…
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Visa International Service Ass'n v. Bankcard Holders of America
See, e.g., Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 328 (6th Cir.) (“weigh the public benefit in considering trademark principles in connection with the policy of upholding the law of contracts”), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973).
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Visa International Service Association v. Bankcard Holders Of America
See, e.g., Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 477 F.2d 326, 328 (6th Cir.) ("weigh the public benefit in considering trademark principles in connection with the policy of upholding the law of contracts"), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 (1973).
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WLWC Centers, Inc. v. Winners Corp.
See, e.g., Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Company, 477 F.2d 326 (6th Cir.), cert. denied 414 U.S. 858 , 94 S.Ct. 66 , 38 L.Ed.2d 108 , reh. denied, 414 U.S. 1033 , 94 S.Ct. 465 , 38 L.Ed.2d 326 (1973).
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Santana
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 73-136.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 9, 1973.
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Douglas would grant certiorari.