Brennan's, Inc. v. Brennan's Restaurant, L.L.C., 565 Lexington Avenue Co., LLC

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• concluding that though the plaintiff established market proximity, the competitive proximity factor weighed in the defendants’ favor because the plaintiff did not show geographic proximity
• noting that the addition of a chef’s first name to a restaurant helped mitigate the similarity between otherwise identical names
• finding that the substantial distance between two restaurants, coupled with the fact that plaintiff never had an establishment in defendant’s location, meant it was unlikely that consumers would be confused
• explaining that the strength of mark factor also includes a mark’s “inherent distinctiveness”
• asking “whether the two products have an overlapping client base that creates a potential for confusion”
• stating competitive proximity seeks “to determine whether the two products have an overlapping client base that creates a potential for confusion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).