Hill v. State of Florida

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• holding that “henceforth the clearly erroneous standard should be applied in reviewing a trial court’s determination concerning likelihood of confusion”
• holding that an offer of different evidence in the second case would not invoke collateral estoppel where different facts were at issue in the cases
• holding that 2 to prevail on its federal claims - trademark 3 infringement, false designation of origin, and dilution 4 - plaintiff must establish that it has a protected 5 interest
• explaining that de novo review of likelihood of confusion “would demand a significant diversion of appellate court resources to a task which more properly belongs to the district court judge”
• noting that secondary meaning, or acquired distinctiveness, is the “mental association by a substantial segment of consumers and potential customers between the alleged trade dress and a single source of the product”
• explaining that de novo review of likelihood of confusion “would demand a significant diversion of appellate court resources to a task which more properly belongs to the district court judge”

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