Greenpoint Financial Corp. v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a plaintiff must satisfy a “heavy burden because proof of secondary meaning entails vigorous evidentiary requirements” (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)
• “The critical question is whether [plaintiffs use of the mark] had gained secondary meaning by the time [defendant] entered the market.”
• “The critical question is whether [plaintiff’s mark] had gained secondary meaning by the time [defendants] entered the market.”
• “The Polaroid factors, which are used to evaluate confusion in infringement cases, are also applicable in cases under 43(a).”
• denying preliminary injunction after four-month delay

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).