In Re Sones

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing PTO's elaboration of test for when a catalog constitutes a specimen showing use of a mark in commerce for goods
• noting that whether a display specimen contains a picture of the goods is not dispositive in determining whether a display qualifies as sufficiently associated with the goods
• observing, with respect to the use-in-commerce requirement, that a “ `website [can be] an electronic retail store, and the web page [can be] a shelf-talker or banner which encourages the consumer to buy the product' ”
• identifying the point-of-sale na- ture of a display as a relevant consideration
• observing, with respect to the use-in-commerce requirement, that a “ ‘website [can be] an elec- tronic retail store, and the web page [can be] a shelf-talker or banner which encourages the consumer to buy the product’ ”
• identifying the point-of-sale nature of a display as a relevant consideration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Flast v. Cohen
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 3,484×
• Steffel v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-19· cited 2,574×
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-03· cited 2,323×
• Hall v. Beals
  Supreme Court· 1969-12-08· cited 608×
• Renne v. Geary
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 542×
• Ashcroft v. Mattis
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 256×
• In Re Aov Industries, Inc., Hubert R. Bruce, Appeal of Hawley Fuel Coalmart, Inc. And Hawley Fuel Coal, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-08-22· cited 217×
• In Re International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1999-07-20· cited 78×
• Bellsouth Corp. v. Datanational Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 1995-07-26· cited 46×
• In Re Pennington Seed, Inc. (Mark Formerly Owned by Krb Seed Company, Llc)
  Federal Circuit· 2006-10-19· cited 28×
• Lands' End, Inc. v. Manback
  E.D. Virginia· 1992-07-31· cited 23×
• In Re Thrifty, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2001-12-13· cited 22×
• Damn I'm Good, Inc. v. Sakowitz, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1981-06-04· cited 16×
• In re Marriott Corp.
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1972-05-25· cited 15×
• Bellsouth Corporation v. Datanational Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1995-09-29· cited 2×