Herbko International, Inc. v. Kappa Books, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that proprietary rights are necessary to show priority of use when petitioning for cancellation under sec- tion 2(d)
• noting that crossword puzzle design reinforces connotation created by wording CROSSWORD COMPANION
• applying this approach to a book title that was said to do double duty as a service mark for a product related to the book
• \[A] showing of actual confusion is not necessary to establish a likelihood of confusion.\ (citation omitted)
• “This court’s precedent ... clearly holds that the title of a single book cannot serve as a source identifier.”
• “This court’s precedent ... clearly holds that the title of a single book cannot serve as a source identifier.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).