Starter Corporation v. Converse, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that use of marks was sufficiently \in commerce\ to sustain federal-question jurisdiction under Lanham Act
• deciding “whether, at the time the complaint was filed, ah actual ease or controversy existed”
• requiring that the party be “actively preparing to produce the article in question”
• noting that declaratory judgment actions involving trademarks are analogous to those involving patents
• declining to exercise jurisdiction over a declaratory action that anticipated defenses, such as one based on the statute of limitations
• asserting, in reviewing whether plaintiff had standing to bring declaratory judgment action, that the question was “whether, at the time the complaint was filed, an actual case or controversy existed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

51 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nike, Inc. v. ALREADY, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2011-11-10· cited 208×
• Starter Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Converse, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-12· cited 146×
• Dixon v. Edwards
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-05-22· cited 114×
• Vantage Trailers, Inc. v. Beall Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-05-08· cited 85×
• Saleh v. Sulka Trading
  Second Circuit· 2020-04-30· cited 32×
• Certain Underwriters At Lloyd's, London v. St. Joe Minerals Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-26· cited 28×
• North Central F.S., Inc. v. Brown
  N.D. Iowa· 1996-12-23· cited 27×
• Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
  S.D. New York· 2011-03-07· cited 23×
• Classic Liquor Importers, Ltd. v. Spirits International B.V.
  S.D. New York· 2016-08-19· cited 22×
• Hassan v. Greater Houston Transportation Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-10-30· cited 20×
• National Chiropractic Mutual Insurance v. Doe
  D. Alaska· 1998-10-02· cited 20×
• Planet Hollywood (Region IV), Inc. v. Hollywood Casino Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1999-12-03· cited 20×
• Young v. Vannerson
  S.D. Texas· 2009-04-27· cited 18×
• Schutte Bagclosures Inc. v. Kwik Lok Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2014-09-29· cited 18×
• Gelmart Industries, Inc. v. Eveready Battery Co.
  S.D. New York· 2014-04-15· cited 18×
• Kesselman v. THE RAWLINGS CO., LLC
  S.D. New York· 2009-11-13· cited 17×
• Classic Liquor Importers, Ltd. v. Spirits International B.V.
  S.D. New York· 2015-12-29· cited 16×
• GMA Accessories, Inc. v. Idea Nuova, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2000-12-18· cited 15×
• Russian Standard Vodka (USA), Inc. v. Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine USA, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2007-11-20· cited 14×
• Home Insurance Co. of Illinois v. Spectrum Information Technologies, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1996-07-15· cited 14×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-01· cited 3,033×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-03· cited 2,348×
• Arrowhead Industrial Water, Inc. v. Ecolochem, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1988-05-06· cited 204×
• G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc., and Miller Brewing Company, Cross-Appellants v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-04-26· cited 101×
• Paul A. Muller and Celfil Company Establishment v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1968-11-29· cited 80×
• In Re Combustion Equipment Associates, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1988-01-22· cited 71×
• Wembley, Inc. v. Superba Cravats, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1963-03-08· cited 62×
• Windsurfing International Inc. v. Amf Incorporated
  Federal Circuit· 1987-09-09· cited 58×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1995-06-21· cited 38×
• Albradco, Inc. v. Bevona
  Second Circuit· 1992-12-21· cited 37×
• Polaroid Corp. v. Berkey Photo, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1976-12-30· cited 13×
• Golden Gulf Corp. v. Jordache Enterprises, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1995-08-29· cited 9×
• Banff, Ltd. v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1987-03-31· cited 3×