Courtenay Communications Corporation v. Patricia Hall and Hallmark Capital Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that use of trademarked term on website in a way that created the impression that the trademarked organization had endorsed defendants’ services was not protected
• even if words in composite mark are generic, its distinctiveness must be considered as a whole, including coloring and design elements
• even if words in composite mark are generic, its distinctiveness must be considered as a whole, including coloring and design elements
• “The district court erred when it did not treat [‘iMarketing News’] as a composite mark.”
• “There are many examples of legally protected marks that combine generic words with distinctive lettering, coloring, or other design elements.”
• even if words in composite mark are generic, its distinctiveness must be considered as a whole, including coloring and design elements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).