In Re National Data Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a “likelihood of confusion cannot be predicated on dissection of a mark”
• holding that a “likelihood of confusion cannot be predicated on dissection of a mark”
• explaining the effect of disclaimer and descriptive words in likelihood of confusion analysis
• “Regarding descriptive terms, this court has noted that the descriptive component of a mark may be given little weight in reaching a conclusion on the likelihood of confusion”
• nothing improper in giving more or less weight to a particular feature of a mark, provided the ultimate conclusion rests on a consideration of the marks in their entireties
• “[R]egistration affords prima facie rights in the mark as a whole, not in any component.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).