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· 2/11/1981

International Order of Job's Daughters v. Lindeburg and Company

Citations

  • 633 F.2d 912

How courts have described this case

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

  • criticizing Boston Professional because it “transmogrifies this narrow [trademark] protection into a broad monopoly”
  • explaining “the choice of federal or state law frequently has no 19 impact on the outcome, leading courts to avoid the issue”
  • “[o]ur holding does not mean that a name or emblem could not serve simultaneously as a functional component of a product and a trademark”
  • no infringement where unauthorized jewelry maker produced rings and pins bearing fraternal organization’s trademark
  • considering an as-applied functionality defense to a trademark-infringement claim

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Judges: Trask, Fletcher, Blumenfeld

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