· 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
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- 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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