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· 4/1/1996

Mejia & Associates, Inc. v. International Business MacHines Corp.

Citations

  • 920 F. Supp. 540
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3918
  • 1996 WL 146029

How courts have described this case

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  • finding two identically worded marks to be dissimilar because of the defendant’s presentation of the mark in conjunction with the well known “IBM” brand
  • “The reverse confusion theory protects the mark of a [senior] user from being overwhelmed by a [junior] user, typically where the [junior] user is larger and better known and consumers might conclude that the senior user is the infringer.”

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Judges: Kaplan

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