H. Lubovsky, Inc. v. Esprit De Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that plaintiffs trademark registration for shoes was irrelevant to the question of the defendant’s intent in using a similar mark on clothes, even though the registration indicated the defendant’s bad faith in using the mark on shoes
• analyzing similarity' in price, style, and typical retail outlets in order to determine the competitive proximity between two women’s shoes manufacturers
• finding no gap between two manufacturers of women’s shoes because of similarities in price, style, and typical retail outlets
• finding no likelihood of confusion as to the defendant’s use of its marks on sportswear, but a likelihood of confusion as to the use of its marks on shoes
• “The strength of a mark is directly related to likelihood of confusion, for the stronger the mark, the more likely that the consumer will associate it with the familiar purveyor.”
• sales success indicates good quality of the product

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Third Circuit· 2000-12-01· cited 323×
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  S.D. New York· 2016-09-13· cited 56×
• Yankee Publishing Inc. v. News America Publishing Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1992-12-17· cited 51×
• Paco Sport, Ltd. v. Paco Rabanne Parfums
  S.D. New York· 2000-02-17· cited 42×
• Glow Industries, Inc. v. Lopez
  C.D. California· 2002-12-18· cited 39×
• WWW Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Gillette Co.
  S.D. New York· 1992-07-14· cited 22×
• Motown Productions, Inc. v. Cacomm, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1987-09-01· cited 12×
• UBER Promotions, Inc. v. UBER Technologies, Inc.
  N.D. Florida· 2016-02-16· cited 8×
• A & H Sportswear Co. v. Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2001-08-17· cited 6×
• Tea Board of India v. The Republic of Tea, Inc.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2006-08-23

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1961-02-28· cited 1,042×
• Abercrombie & Fitch Company v. Hunting World, Incorporated
  Second Circuit· 1976-02-26· cited 777×
• McGregor-Doniger Inc. v. Drizzle Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1979-04-11· cited 453×
• American International Group, Inc. v. London American International Corporation Limited and Midland Bank Limited
  Second Circuit· 1981-11-13· cited 322×
• Thompson Medical Company, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1985-01-11· cited 318×
• Mushroom Makers, Incorporated v. R. G. Barry Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1978-07-11· cited 283×
• Scarves by Vera, Inc. v. Todo Imports Ltd. (Inc.)
  Second Circuit· 1976-11-22· cited 213×
• The W. E. Bassett Company v. Revlon, Inc., the W. E. Bassett Company v. Revlon, Inc., (Two Cases)
  Second Circuit· 1970-11-10· cited 187×
• Stix Products, Inc. v. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1968-12-19· cited 183×
• American Footwear Corporation v. General Footwear Company Limited, and Universal City Studios, Inc., Intervening-Defendant-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1979-11-09· cited 182×
• Avon Shoe Co., Inc., and Haymaker Shoe Corp. v. David Crystal, Inc., Haymaker Sports, Inc., B. Altman & Co., Best & Co., Inc., and John Wanamaker
  Second Circuit· 1960-06-13· cited 117×
• Chandon Champagne Corp. v. San Marino Wine Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1964-07-17· cited 89×
• Triumph Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. Triumph International Corporation and Triumph of Europe, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1962-09-17· cited 88×
• Lever Brothers Company v. American Bakeries Company
  Second Circuit· 1982-11-03· cited 71×
• Plus Products v. Plus Discount Foods, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1983-11-03· cited 61×
• Exquisite Form Indus., Inc. v. Exquisite Fabrics of London
  S.D. New York· 1974-07-24· cited 58×
• Mushroom Makers, Inc. v. R. G. Barry Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1977-11-22· cited 48×
• Procter & Gamble Co. v. Johnson & Johnson Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1980-01-22· cited 45×
• Programmed Tax Systems, Inc. v. Raytheon Co.
  S.D. New York· 1977-10-17· cited 30×
• Supreme Wine Co., Inc. v. The American Distilling Co.
  Second Circuit· 1962-12-04· cited 18×