J & J Snack Foods Corporation v. McDonald Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• “Whether there is evidence of intent to trade on the goodwill of another is a factor to be considered.”
• “Whether there is evidence of intent to trade on the goodwill of another is a factor to be considered.”
• members of the family consisting of marks composed of the prefix “MC” with a descriptive term are also fanciful marks
• Applicant’s marks for frozen soft pretzels would be perceived as indicating applicant’s goods have common origin with opposer’s wide variety of food products marketed under family of similar marks
• “It is thus necessary to consider the use, advertisement, and distinctiveness of the marks, including assessment of the contribution of the common feature to the recognition of the marks as of common origin.”
• “Whether there is evidence of intent to trade on the goodwill of another is a factor to be considered, but the absence of such evidence does not avoid a ruling of likelihood of confusion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).