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· 8/29/1996

Dorr-Oliver, Incorporated v. Fluid-Quip, Incorporated and Andrew Franko

Citations

  • 94 F.3d 376
  • 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1990
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 22612
  • 1996 WL 492591

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that courts “review the district court’s statement of the law de novo for legal error” in likelihood of confusion cases
  • noting that courts “review the district court’s statement of the law de novo for legal error” in likelihood of confusion cases
  • noting that courts “review the district court’s statement of the law de novo for legal error” in likelihood of confusion cases
  • “where product configurations are at issue, consumers are generally more likely to think that a competitor has entered the market with a similar product”
  • “[T]he proper inquiry centers on the confusion of consumers in the market for the particular products at issue.”
  • “It is not possible that any of these companies, all of which own and operate Dorr-Oliver clamshells, will be confused by Fluid-Quip’s introduction of a competitive line of clamshells.”

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Judges: Bauer, Eschbach, Flaum

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