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· 5/18/1993

Fruit of the Loom, Inc. v. Ken Girouard, D/B/A Two Left Feet

Citations

  • 994 F.2d 1359
  • 93 Daily Journal DAR 6256
  • 93 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3623
  • 26 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1782
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 11355
  • 1993 WL 158464

How courts have described this case

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

  • \Whittling away will not occur unless there is at least some subliminal connection in a buyer's mind between the two parties' uses of their marks.\
  • “We need not decide the exact degree of strength a protectable mark must reach, but it must at least be mature and well-known.”
  • \[The plaintiff] would sweep clean the many business uses of this quotidian word.\

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Judges: Noonan, Leavy, Tanner

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