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· 11/15/1900

Aiken v. Southern Pacific Co.

Citations

  • 104 La. 157

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The fact that a passenger upon a ferry boat may be thrown down and have his leg broken, by the striking of the boat at the approaches to the landing, is entirely consistent with the supposition that the boat may have been landed in a careful and prudent manner.</p> <p>When the evidence shows that it was so landed a plaintiff can not recover damages.</p>

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  • rejecting argument that the plaintiff’s failure to conduct a survey “demonstrate[d] that confusion is not likely”
  • discussing “genericide” in context of claimed mark in “Comic Con” name and noting that “|g]eneric terms are not protectable because they do identify the source of a product.”

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Judges: Nicholls

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