· 7/11/1973
Holiday Inns, Inc. v. Holiday Out in America and Holiday Out in America at St. Lucie, Inc.
Citations
- 481 F.2d 445
How courts have described this case
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- holding Florida’s antidilution statute not applicable due to lack of confusion in the marks themselves
- finding that nine customers’ letters regarding confusion between hotel and campground presented by hotel vice president “was of insufficient probative value to rise to the level of showing actual confusion by a similarity in the marks.”
- affirming conclusion that \Holiday Inn\ and \Holiday Out\ were not confusingly similar
- survey evidence supporting an allegation.of likelihood of confusion of service marks admissible
- multiple uses of “Holiday” discussed in denying injunctive relief
- common word “Holiday” is of weak trademark significance
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Judges: Coleman, Dyer, Estes
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