In Re Bed & Breakfast Registry

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a “speculative assumption” is “an inadequate basis for [a] legal conclusion”
• competent sources to show the relevant purchasing public’s understanding of a term may include trade journals, newspapers and other publications
• POLY PRO and POLY FLO not confusingly similar

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sweats Fashions, Inc. v. Pannill Knitting Company, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-11-13· cited 503×
• Coach Services, Inc. v. Triumph Learning LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2012-02-21· cited 213×
• In Re Nett Designs, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2001-01-09· cited 178×
• In Re Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc
  Federal Circuit· 1987-09-17· cited 149×
• In Re Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
  Federal Circuit· 2007-05-24· cited 132×
• In Re Shell Oil Company
  Federal Circuit· 1993-07-02· cited 100×
• In Re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corporation (Serial No. 75/131,355)
  Federal Circuit· 2001-02-13· cited 97×
• In Re Joseph Gyulay
  Federal Circuit· 1987-06-10· cited 91×
• Quicksilver, Inc. v. Kymsta, Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-10-06· cited 73×
• Electronic Design & Sales, Inc., D/B/A E.D.S., Engineering Design & Sales, Electronic Design and Sales, Inc. v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1992-02-20· cited 56×
• Weiss Associates, Inc. v. Hrl Associates, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1990-05-10· cited 55×
• Van Dyne-Crotty, Inc. v. Wear-Guard Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Federal Circuit· 1991-02-25· cited 52×
• In Re Stereotaxis, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-10-27· cited 43×
• Edith Schneider and Herman Schneider v. Emanuel Revici, M.D., and Institute of Applied Biology, Inc., Defendants
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-30· cited 39×
• In Re Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
  Federal Circuit· 1988-07-21· cited 36×
• In Re Omaha National Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1987-05-20· cited 32×
• Paleteria La Michoacana, Inc. v. Productos Lacteos Tocumbo S.A. De C.V.
  District of Columbia· 2016-05-27· cited 28×
• Frederic C. Towers v. Advent Software, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1990-09-06· cited 27×
• In Re Research and Trading Corp
  Federal Circuit· 1986-06-12· cited 19×
• In Re the Hearst Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1993-04-07· cited 9×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re E. I. DuPont DeNemours & Co.
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1973-05-03· cited 523×
• In Re National Data Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1985-01-30· cited 216×
• In re Abcor Development Corp.
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-12-14· cited 156×
• Specialty Brands, Inc. v. Coffee Bean Distributors, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1984-11-21· cited 115×
• In Re Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1985-11-20· cited 107×
• Application of American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Inc
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1971-05-27· cited 11×