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· 1/21/2015

Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 907
  • 190 L. Ed. 2d 800
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 754
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 4085
  • 113 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1365
  • 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 63

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  • question of “tacking” in trademark cases is typically for jury resolution because it presents a mixed question of law and fact
  • “[T]he general rule adopted by lower courts has been that two marks may be tacked when the original and revised marks are ‘legal equivalents.’ This term refers to two marks that ‘create the same, continuing commercial impression’ so that consumers ‘consider both as the same mark.’”

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