· 3/18/1999
Boustany v. Boston Dental Group, Inc.
Citations
- 42 F. Supp. 2d 100
- 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4277
- 1999 WL 151034
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “the public interest almost always favors the granting” of appropriate injunctions in trademark cases and the “relevant consideration is the consumers’ interest in not being deceived or confused about the products they purchase”
- “[W]hen a geographic term ‘is used merely to indicate the location or origin of goods and services,’ it is not protected because it is functioning in a purely descriptive manner.”
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