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· 12/10/1986

McDonald's Corp. v. McBagel's, Inc.

Citations

  • 649 F. Supp. 1268
  • 95 A.L.R. Fed. 1
  • 1 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1761
  • 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16679

How courts have described this case

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

  • defendant attempted to capitalize not only from its use of plaintiffs famous trademark, but also from the publicity generated by the litigation between the parties
  • court upholds validity of survey even though many interviewees had never heard of alleged infringer's products or services and were not near places where such products or services were featured
  • “[t]his is not a case where an injunction will unfairly disadvantage a second user who has expended considerable sums to promote his trademark before the first user raised the issue of infringement”
  • court upholds validity of survey even though many interviewees had never heard of alleged infringer’s products or services and were not near places where such products or services were featured
  • \King Kong” and \Donkey Kong”

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Judges: Walker

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