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· 4/16/1991

Country Floors, Inc. v. A Partnership Composed of Charley Gepner and Gary Ford, D/B/A Country Tiles

Citations

  • 930 F.2d 1056
  • 18 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1577
  • 19 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1319
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 6022
  • 1991 WL 54183

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “to overturn a summary judgment, the losing party in the [trial court] needs to show that one or more of the facts on which the district court relied was genuinely in dispute and material to the judgment”
  • “Country,” which dominates the competing marks of “Country Floors” and “Country Tiles,” is the appropriate focus of analysis
  • “When the dominant portions of the two marks are the same, confusion is likely.”
  • summary judgement inappropriate where genuine issue of material fact presented on likelihood of confusion
  • “credibility evaluations are inappropriate in deciding a motion for summary judgment”

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Judges: Hutchinson, Rosenn, Stapleton

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