· 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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