General Mills, Inc. v. Kellogg Company, Kellogg Company v. General Mills, Inc.

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• recognizing that the highly descriptive nature of the mark “APPLE RAISIN CRISP” made it a weak mark
• finding that the use of house marks in a sufficiently prominent manner may enable consumers to distinguish between two products
• holding the district court did not err in finding no confusing similarity between \Oatmeal Raisin Crisp\ and \Apple Raisin Crisp\ because the marks were different enough to avoid customer confusion
• holding the district court did not err in finding no confusing similarity between “Oatmeal Raisin Crisp” and “Apple Raisin Crisp” because the marks were different enough to avoid customer confusion
• finding that the use of house marks in a sufficiently prominent manner may enable consumers to distinguish between two products
• finding that sufficiently prominent house marks make it likely that consumers will distinguish between products

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).