Michael Sadaly v. ACNR Resources, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the plaintiff had to show “likelihood of confusion” for both its federal and Missouri trademark-infringement claims
• explaining that the Lan-ham Act imposes liability for trademark infringement only if there is use of another’s mark in commerce
• declining to apply doctrine of initial interest confusion; “although the products are similar, the parties agree the customers are sophisticated and exercise a relatively high degree of care, in making their purchasing decisions”
• declining to \adopt the 'initial interest confusion’ doctrine” because \it would not apply” in that case even if it were accepted “in this circuit,” and recognizing that in circuits that have accepted the doctrine, a plaintiff still must prove initial interest confusion with evidence
• “The use of identical, even dominant, words in common does not automatically mean that two marks are similar.”
• on defendant’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that no initial interest confusion was shown between similar products where customers were sophisticated and exercised high degree of care

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