Duluth News-Tribune, a Division of Northwest Publications, Inc. v. Mesabi Publishing Co.

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• determining \Duluth News-Tribune\ and \Saturday Daily News & Tribune\ were distinct, despite the aural similarity between the two marks
• \[T]he widespread use of the words 'news' and 'tribune' throughout the newspaper industry precludes plaintiff from claiming exclusive privilege to use these words.\
• “[T]he widespread use of the words ‘news’ and ‘tribune’ throughout the newspaper industry precludes plaintiff from claiming exclusive privilege to use these words.”
• demonstration of actual confusion through several instances of misdirected mail and phone calls failed to raise a factual dispute because the evidence was vague, unreliable, de minimis, and showed inattentiveness on the part of the caller or sender rather than actual confusion

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