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· 4/4/1986

McGraw Company v. Walt Disney Productions and Bally Manufacturing Corporation

Citations

  • 787 F.2d 1163
  • 229 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 355
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 23839
  • 54 U.S.L.W. 2600

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the district court’s concern about the “manner of presentation to the interviewee goes to the weight to be accorded to the survey results rather than providing a reason to ignore the survey evidence altogether.”
  • explaining that third parties’ trademark registrations are material to the strength of mark “only to the extent that the similar marks are promoted by their owners or recognized by the consuming public”
  • noting that the defendant failed to counter the plaintiffs evidence of actual confusion
  • explaining that third parties’ trademark registrations are material to the strength of mark \only to the extent that the similar marks are promoted by their owners or recognized by the consuming public\
  • noting that the defendant failed to counter the plaintiff’s evidence of actual confusion
  • finding no genuine issue of material fact as to strength when the record lacked evidence of third parties’ use or consumer recognition of a similar trademark

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Judges: Wood, Coffey, Grant

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