Broderick & Bascom Rope Co. v. Manoff

How courts have described this case

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

• developing Safe Distance Rule in instance when infringer attempted to change offending use from “au-tow-line” to “auto-tow-line”
• referring only to persons “once convicted of unfair competition”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ambrit, Inc. v. Kraft, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-12-10· cited 248×
• Chevron Chemical Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Voluntary Purchasing Groups, Inc., a Texas Corporation, and Hi-Yield Chemical Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-23· cited 195×
• Badger Meter, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee v. Grinnell Corporation and Mueller Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-01-18· cited 117×
• The Taubman Company v. Webfeats, a Texas Company and Henry Mishkoff, an Individual
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-02-07· cited 110×
• Cumulus Media, Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-09-06· cited 109×
• G. & C. Merriam Co. v. Webster Dictionary Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1980-12-22· cited 102×
• Sunbeam Products Inc v. The West Bend Co
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-09-15· cited 93×
• Innovation Ventures, LLC v. N2G Distributing, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2014-08-14· cited 60×
• General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists v. McGill
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-08-10· cited 45×
• PRL USA Holdings, Inc. v. United States Polo Ass'n
  Second Circuit· 2008-03-04· cited 37×
• Plough, Inc. v. Kreis Laboratories, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1963-03-26· cited 34×
• RXD Media, LLC v. IP Application Development LLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-01-21· cited 31×
• S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Phil J. Johnson and Hugh H. Johnson, D.B.A. Johnson Products Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1959-03-30· cited 30×
• Classroomdirect. Com, LLC v. DRAPHIX, LLC
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-04-25· cited 30×
• Ambrit, Inc., F/k/a the Isaly Company, Inc., Cross v. Kraft, Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-12-10· cited 29×
• Eskay Drugs, Inc. v. Smith, Kline & French Laboratories
  Fifth Circuit· 1951-04-20· cited 25×
• Babee-Tenda Corporation v. Scharco Manufacturing Co.
  S.D. New York· 1957-11-25· cited 25×
• X-IT Products, L.L.C. v. Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-07-09· cited 22×
• Scotts Co. v. United Industries Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-12-23· cited 18×
• Osem Food Industries Ltd. v. Sherwood Foods, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-10-25· cited 17×