American Express Co. v. Goetz

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• describing that “a mark that does not perform the role of identifying a source is not a trademark”
• noting that the fact that the phrase “My Life, My Card” was never followed by a reference to the defendant or his company was relevant in determining that he had not used phrase as a service mark
• “[T]he analogous use doctrine, where it applies, eases the technical requirements for trademarks and services marks in favor of a competing claimant who asserts priority on the basis of earlier analogous use of the mark.”
• “[T]here can be no trademark absent goods sold.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rockland Exposition, Inc. v. Alliance of Automotive Service Providers
  S.D. New York· 2012-09-11· cited 64×
• New World Solutions, Inc. v. NameMedia Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2015-12-15· cited 61×
• FN Herstal SA v. Clyde Armory Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-09-27· cited 59×
• Lopez v. Gap, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2012-08-02· cited 32×
• ESPN, Inc. v. Quiksilver, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2008-11-14· cited 24×
• Underwood v. Bank of America Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 2021-04-30· cited 14×
• Vaad L'Hafotzas Sichos, Inc. v. Kehot Publication Society
  E.D. New York· 2013-03-29· cited 9×
• Sly Magazine, LLC v. Weider Publications L.L.C.
  Second Circuit· 2009-09-23· cited 5×
• Dudley v. Healthsource Chiropractic, Inc.
  W.D. New York· 2012-08-07· cited 5×
• FN Herstal, S.A. v. Clyde Armory, Inc.
  M.D. Georgia· 2015-08-20· cited 4×
• Colón Vázquez y otros v. Báez Pérez y otros
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2024-09-24· cited 3×
• Nexsan Technologies, Inc. v. EMC Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 2017-04-14· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chance v. Pac-Tel Teletrac Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-03-20· cited 201×
• La Societe Anonyme Des Parfums Le Galion v. Jean Patou, Inc. And Michael Stramiello, Jr., Collector of Customs of the Portof New York
  Second Circuit· 1974-04-09· cited 197×
• Edward Tocker v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Also Known as Altria Group, Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., and General Foods Corp., No. 04-5904-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-11-22· cited 194×
• Emi Catalogue Partnership and Emi Robbins Catalog Inc. v. Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc. And Spalding Sports Worldwide
  Second Circuit· 2000-09-15· cited 139×
• Gualandi v. Adams
  Second Circuit· 2004-10-01· cited 90×
• De Beers LV Trademark Ltd. v. DeBeers Diamond Syndicate Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2006-06-09· cited 31×
• Silberstein v. Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2004-07-19· cited 29×
• In Re Advertising & Marketing Development, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-06-05· cited 28×
• WarnerVision Entertainment Inc. v. Empire of Carolina Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-02-12· cited 11×