Knaack Manufacturing Co. v. Rally Accessories, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• analyzing inherent strength and public identification with a source in determining mark strength
• “The marks must be compared in light of what occurs in the marketplace, not sitting side by side _”
• plaintiffs incontestable registrations “creat[e] no presumption of strength in its mark nor do[] [they] broaden the scope of the mark’s protection.”
• a car cover is not “an impulse item which is purchased like an umbrella when it is raining outside”
• “[Dissimilarity of products on a company-wide basis makes it even less likely that consumers would believe that the two product types come from the same source.”
• “The fact that Knaack has sold products under the WEATHER GUARD trademark for twenty-five years does not answer the question of whether the name resonates in the consumers’ consciousness.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).