8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 53 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 AutoZone, Inc. v. Strick.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AutoZone, Inc. v. Strick Anchor | green | “the stronger the mark, the more likely it is that encroachment on it will produce confusion.” | 14 |
| 2 | Cae, Incorporated v. Clean Air Engineering, Incorporated | green | “the more widely accessible and inexpensive the products and services, the more likely that consumers will exercise a lesser degree of care and discrimination in their purchases.” | 10 |
| 3 | Cae, Incorporated v. Clean Air Engineering, Incorporated | green | “the 'strength' of a trademark refers to the mark's distinctiveness, meaning its propensity to identify the products or services sold as emanating from a particular source.” | 9 |
| 4 | Platinum Home Mortgage Corporation v. Platinum Financial Group, Incorporated | green | “trademark protection should not interfere with traditional policies of a competitive market.” | 5 |
| 5 | AutoZone, Inc. v. Strick | green | “the strength of a mark usually corresponds to its economic and marketing strength.” | 5 |
| 6 | Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | green | “the more likely it is the plaintiff will succeed on the merits, the less the balance of irreparable harms need weigh towards its side; the less likely it is the plaintiff will succeed, the more the balance need weigh towards its side.” | 5 |
| 7 | Eli Lilly & Company, an Indiana Corporation v. Natural Answers, Incorporated, a Florida Corporation, and Brian A. Feinstein | green | “enforcement of the trademark laws prevents consumer confusion.” | 3 |
| 8 | Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Phoenix International Software, Inc. | green | “must ask whether consumers, and specifically consumers who would use either product, would be likely to attribute them to a single source.” | 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.