Gammon v. Howard W. Scott, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that evidence that a mark has become generic “may come from purchaser testimony, consumer surveys, listings and dictionaries, trade journals, newspapers, and other publications.”
• explaining that “[t]o become generic, the primary significance of the mark must be its indication of the nature or class of the product or service, rather than an indication of source”
• explaining that “[t]o become generic, the primary significance of the mark must be its indication of the nature or class of the product or service, rather than an indication of source”
• To find a product generic “the primary significance of the mark must be its indication of the nature or class of the product or service, rather than an indication of source.”
• party claiming genericness in order to cancel existing registration
• party claiming genericness in order to cancel existing registration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).