· 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
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- \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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