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Evidence that a defendant used a trademark with the intent to falsely represent his product and pass it off as the plaintiff's product is evidence of infringement. Brown Chemical Co. v. Meyer et al. 139 U.S. 540 1891 Substantive Infringement; Descriptive terms; Names as marks Majority: Brown: N/A
Passing off is a common law cause of action, whereas statutory law such as the United Kingdom Trade Marks Act 1994 provides for enforcement of registered trademarks through infringement proceedings. Passing off and the law of registered trade marks deal with overlapping factual situations, but deal with them in different ways.
he alleged infringer's intent to “pass off” its goods as those of the trademark owner; [14] incidents of actual confusion; [14] and; the type of product, its costs, and conditions of purchase [14] These are often referred to as the "SquirtCo" Factors. [4] 9th Circuit AMF, Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats, 599 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1979) he strength of ...
Zippo Dot Com, the court considered state and federal trademark infringement and trademark dilution claims. The plaintiff was Zippo Manufacturing, famous for their lighters. The defendant, Zippo Dot Com, operated a web portal and news service out of California. Dot Com offered three levels of service, the upper two of which required ...
A trademark is a word, phrase, or logo that identifies the source of goods or services. [1] Trademark law protects a business' commercial identity or brand by discouraging other businesses from adopting a name or logo that is "confusingly similar" to an existing trademark.
Florida’s law prohibits most citizens of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria and Venezuela from buying real estate close to a military compound or critical infrastructure, the Miami ...
Westinghouse trademark, registered in the U.S. in the 1940s (automatic washing machine) and 1950s (coin laundry) but now expired. Linoleum Floor covering, [22] originally coined by Frederick Walton in 1864, and ruled as generic following a lawsuit for trademark infringement in 1878; probably the first product name to become a generic term. [23 ...
An intellectual property (IP) infringement is the infringement or violation of an intellectual property right. There are several types of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, plant breeders rights [1] and trade secrets. Therefore, an intellectual property infringement may for instance be one ...