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· 10/18/1983

Astra Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. v. Beckman Instruments, Inc.

Citations

  • 718 F.2d 1201
  • 220 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 786
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15956

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that the \broad inference\ that both parties operated in the \medical or health care field\ was - 13 - insufficient to support likelihood of confusion
  • enumerating the Pignons test, noting these factors are “to be used as guides in assessing the likelihood of confusion”
  • considering sophisticated hospital personnel to be the relevant market for a computerized blood analyzer machine at issue
  • enumerating the Pignons test, noting these factors are “to be used as guides in assessing the likelihood of confusion”
  • enumerating the Pignons test, noting these are “to be used as guides in assessing the likelihood of confusion” (emphasis added)
  • stating, “[i]f likelihood of confusion exists, it must be based on the confusion of some relevant person”

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Judges: Bownes, Ald-Rich, Skelton

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