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