7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 31 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc. Anchor | green | “(1) unreasonable delay by one having legal or equitable rights in asserting them; and (2) a good faith change of position by another to his detriment because of the delay.” | 9 |
| 2 | Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc. | green | “two essential elements of laches are (1) unreasonable delay by one having legal or equitable rights in asserting them; and (2) a good faith change of position by another to his detriment because of the delay.” | 8 |
| 3 | Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McBride | green | “an unreasonable delay which has worked injury to another person” | 4 |
| 4 | Deere & Company v. Mtd Products, Inc., Cross-Appellee | green | “a plaintiff must prove, first, that its trademark either is of truly distinctive quality or has acquired secondary meaning” | 3 |
| 5 | ACME VALVE & FITTINGS COMPANY v. Wayne | green | “a license to use a mark ... is a transfer of limited rights, less than the whole interest which might have been transferred.” | 3 |
| 6 | Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena | green | “a 'naked' license may be the basis for an inference of abandonment where the licensor maintains no control over the quality of goods made by the licensee” | 2 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.