Black Dog Tavern Co., Inc. v. Hall

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• granting summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff's c. 93A claim after \conclud[ing] that defendant was fully within his rights in parodying plaintiff's marks\
• finding that, when plaintiff produced evidence of a comment confusing the two products and at least one request to plaintiff for defendant’s product in a two year period, “the absence of more evidence of actual confusion weighs against a finding of likelihood of confusion”
• “Where ... a mark indicates source, its ‘aesthetic functionality’ cannot preclude a finding of nonfunc-tionality.”
• Massachusetts common law claims of unfair competition in trademark context \must be supported by a showing of a likelihood of confusion\
• Massachusetts common law claims of unfair competition in trademark context “must be supported by a showing of a likelihood of confusion”

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