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· 6/30/1983

Giant Food, Inc. v. Nation's Foodservice, Inc.

Citations

  • 710 F.2d 1565
  • 218 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 390
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 13620

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that “GIANT” is the dominant portion in “GIANT HAMBURGERS” and “GIANT FOOD, SUPER GIANT”
  • noting that “geographical distance between the present locations of the respective businesses of the two parties has little relevance in” a cancellation petition alleging a likelihood of confusion
  • noting that “geographical distance between the present locations of the respective businesses of the two parties has little relevance in” a cancellation petition alleging a likelihood of confusion
  • noting that “geographical distance between the present locations of the respective businesses of the two parties has little relevance in” a cancellation petition alleging a likelihood of confusion
  • giving greater force and effect to the word GIANT as the dominant portion of the mark GIANT HAMBURGERS
  • “15 U.S.C. § 1057(b) creates a presumption that the registrant has the exclusive right to use its mark throughout the United' States”

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Judges: Skelton, Miller, Skel-Ton, Smith

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