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· 7/1/2009

In Re Shinnecock Smoke Shop

Citations

  • 571 F.3d 1171
  • 91 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1218
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 14303
  • 2009 WL 1874078

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding SHINNECOCK BRAND FULL FLAVOR and SHINNECOCK BRAND LIGHTS, both for cigarettes, falsely suggest a connection with the Shinnecock Indian Nation
  • determining that “[a]pplicant’s allegations regarding similar marks” were “irrelevant” because “[e]ven if all of the third-party regis- trations should have been refused registration under sec- tion 1052(a
  • “Applicant’s allegations regarding similar marks are irrelevant because each application must be considered on its own merits.”
  • ‘Applicant’s allegations regarding similar marks are irrelevant because each application must be con- sidered on its own merits.’
  • “[T]he ordinary meaning of ‘institution’ suggests the term is broad enough to include a self- governing Indian nation”
  • “Applicant’s allegations regarding similar marks are irrelevant because each application must be considered on its own merits.”

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Judges: Mayer, Clevenger, Schall

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