Brockmeyer v. HEARTS CORP.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “the plaintiff had ample opportunity to come forward with evidence of actual confusion” where defendant’s product was in distribution for over two years
• finding “no evidence of any consumer confusion” where defendants’ survey showed a confusion rate of less than 3%
• the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s magazines were sold in the same retail outlets, but were “unlikely to appear in physical proximity to each other at such outlets,” which favored the defendant
• “no basis from which to infer any bad faith,” despite defendant’s awareness of plaintiffs mark, where defendant “made a good faith determination [that] using [its] mark ... would not infringe any other mark” and ultimately obtained registration from the PTO

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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10 cases in this archive cite this case.

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• Gameologist Group, LLC v. Scientific Games International, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2011-10-25· cited 41×
• SLY Magazine, LLC v. Weider Publications L.L.C.
  S.D. New York· 2007-12-18· cited 30×
• Malletier v. DONKEY & BOURKE, INC.
  S.D. New York· 2004-08-27· cited 25×
• THOIP v. Walt Disney Co.
  S.D. New York· 2010-02-09· cited 20×
• Audemars Piguet Holding S.A. v. Swiss Watch International, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-01-06· cited 13×
• Professional Sound Services, Inc. v. Guzzi
  S.D. New York· 2004-12-27· cited 12×
• Biosafe-One, Inc. v. Hawks
  S.D. New York· 2007-11-29· cited 9×
• New Sensor Corp. v. CE DISTRIBUTION LLC
  E.D. New York· 2004-02-03· cited 8×
• Steak Umm Co., LLC v. Steak 'Em Up, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-04-11· cited 3×

Cites

59 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 7,008×
• Carol A. Gallo v. Prudential Residential Services, Limited Partnership, Doing Business as Prudential Relocation Management
  Second Circuit· 1994-04-27· cited 2,455×
• Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-26· cited 1,571×
• Lorenzo CHAMBERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRM COPY CENTERS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-19· cited 1,108×
• Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1961-02-28· cited 1,042×
• Burgos v. Hopkins
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-26· cited 696×
• Scotto v. Almenas
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-05· cited 503×
• Doe Lang, Petitioner/defendant-Appellant v. Retirement Living Publishing Co., Inc., Respondent/plaintiff-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1991-11-18· cited 489×
• McGregor-Doniger Inc. v. Drizzle Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1979-04-11· cited 453×
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Cross-Appellant v. mcneil-p.p.c., Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-21· cited 373×
• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd. And Michael Zaffarano
  Second Circuit· 1979-08-14· cited 356×
• Mcpherson v. Coombe
  Second Circuit· 1999-04-22· cited 339×
• Michael & Kathleen M. Ruotolo v. Internal Revenue Service
  Second Circuit· 1994-06-24· cited 331×
• A&h Sportswear, Inc Mainstream Swimsuits, Inc. v. Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc. Victoria's Secret Catalogue, Inc
  Third Circuit· 2000-12-01· cited 323×
• Coleman Vital v. Interfaith Medical Center and Local 1199
  Second Circuit· 1999-02-19· cited 315×
• Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing v. Meredith Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1993-04-28· cited 308×
• Centaur Communications, Limited v. A/s/m Communications, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1987-10-09· cited 291×