Palm Bay Imports, Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee en 1772

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that likelihood of confusion fame “varies along a spectrum from very strong to very weak”
• addressing evidence of third-party marks similar to a registered mark to assess the strength of that mark
• finding the term VEUVE was the “‘prominent feature’ as the first word in the mark and the first word to appear on the label”
• finding similarity between VEUVE ROYALE and two VEUVE CLICQUOT marks in part because VEUVE \remains a 'prominent feature' as the first word in the mark and the first word to appear on the label\
• finding the same “first word in both parties’ marks renders the marks similar, especially in light of the largely laudatory (and hence non-source identifying) significance” of the other word in applicant’s mark
• strong marks “enjoy wide latitude of legal protection” and are “more attractive as targets for would-be copyists”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).