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· 3/25/2009

SADOWSKY GUITARS LTD v. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

Syllabus

genericness; whether, if not generic, applicant's claimed marks have acquired distinctiveness

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting appellant’s “list of generalized assertions of his trial counsel’s alleged failings” be- cause it did not “show in what respect his counsel’s performance was deficient” (cleaned up)
  • “[A]utonomy to decide that the objective of the defense is to assert innocence is reserved for the client.” (cleaned up)

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Judges: Hairston, Kuhlke, Walsh

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