Kerns v. Klem

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the success of state-law unfair competition and FDUTPA claims was tied to Lanham Act claim for false advertising
• stating that “[a]n applicant commits fraud when he ‘knowingly makes false, material representations of fact in connection with an application for a registered mark’ ” and requiring a “purpose or intent to deceive the PTO in the application for the mark” (emphasis added
• criticizing district judge’s “extra-record Internet research into similarly named organizations” in a trademark case and cautioning the judge to “limit its analysis to facts in the record”
• “The success of . . . state unfair competition and FDUTPA claims is tied to the federal Lanham Act claims for infringement and false advertising.”
• Angel Flight of Ga., Inc. v. Angel Flight Am., Inc., 522 F.3d 1200, 1209 (11th Cir. 2008
• “An applicant commits fraud when he knowingly makes false, material representations of fact in connection with an application for a registered mark.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).