Dreamwerks Production Group, Inc. v. Skg Studio, Dba Dreamworks Skg

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• holding summary judgment inappropriate where the Plaintiff satisfied three Sleekcraft factors and the other factors carried “little weight”
• holding that there was \perfect similarity of sound\ and meaning with \Dreamwerks\ and \DreamWorks\ and noting that \a perceptive consumer who does notice the 'e' and lower-case 'w' in Dreamwerks might shrug off the difference\
• stating that \[t]he [ Sleekcraft ] factors should not be rigidly weighed; we do not count beans.\
• noting that “[h]ad Dreamwerks chosen a descriptive mark, like Sci-Fi Conventions Inc., or a suggestive mark like Sci-Fi World, some confusion with legitimate competitors might be expected”
• holding summary judg- ment inappropriate where the Plaintiff satisfied three Sleek- craft factors and the other factors carried “little weight”
• indicating that finder of fact could find proximity where plaintiff sponsored science fiction conventions and defendant was well-known movie studio because, among other things, consumers could easily suspect that studio sponsored conventions at which its merchandise was sold

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