Enrique Bernat F., S.A. v. Guadalajara, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “chupa” is generic for lollipops in Spanish, relying on record evidence of multiple firms using “chupa” in product names for lollipops
• recognizing the doctrine of foreign equivalents “requires courts to translate foreign words into English to test them for genericness or descriptiveness”
• \explanation for denying trademark protection to generic foreign words is that Spanish-speakers in the U.S. will understand 'chupa' to be generic [for lollipop]\
• “chupa,” which is slang for lollipop in Spanish, is a generic term
• stating required elements to grant TRO

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).