· 2/11/2002
Entrepreneur Media, Inc., a California Corporation v. Scott Smith, an Individual Dba Entrepreneurpr
Citations
- 279 F.3d 1135
- 2002 Daily Journal DAR 1679
- 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1363
- 61 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1705
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 2189
- 2002 WL 200907
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that monthly sales of half a million products could strengthen a descriptive mark such that the factor weighed in favor of likely confusion
- \dismissing claims under California's [Unfair Competition Law] as 'substantially congruent' to claims under the Lanham Act\
- “[T]he more closely related the goods are, the more likely consumers will be confused by similar marks.”
- “The inference from knowledge and similarity, however, does not add much in answering the ultimate question here, likelihood of confusion.”
- \[I]ntent to deceive is strong evidence of a likelihood of confusion.\
- describing consumer confusion as “linchpin” of trademark infringement
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Judges: Bfletcher, Nelson, Berzon
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