T.A.B. Systems v. Pactel Teletrac

How courts have described this case

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

• finding analogous use claim fails where “no evidence was presented enabling one to infer that a substantial share of the consuming public had been reached”
• analogous use refers to pre-sale promotional efforts such as “advertising brochures, catalogs, newspaper ads, and articles in newspapers and trade publications”
• “In an opposition founded on section 2(d), the opposer must establish its own prior proprietary rights in the same or a confusingly similar designation in order to defeat the application.”
• “In an opposition founded on section 2(d), the opposer must establish its own prior proprietary rights in the same or a confusingly similar designation in order to defeat the application.”
• \Likewise with PacTel's slide show presentations to seven potential customers: we discern nothing in the record to indicate whether this group of customers constituted more than a negligible portion of the relevant market.\
• survey evidence not required to prove analogous use

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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  D.C. Circuit· 2008-04-29· cited 573×
• Chance v. Pac-Tel Teletrac Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-03-20· cited 201×
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  Federal Circuit· 2002-09-03· cited 132×
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  Seventh Circuit· 1999-08-31· cited 93×
• FN Herstal SA v. Clyde Armory Inc.
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• Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. v. America's Team Properties, Inc.
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  Federal Circuit· 2012-07-09· cited 30×
• S Industries, Inc. v. Stone Age Equipment, Inc.
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• Planet Hollywood (Region IV), Inc. v. Hollywood Casino Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1999-12-03· cited 20×
• Lucent Information Management, Inc. v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1997-11-05· cited 18×
• Underwood v. Bank of America Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 2021-04-30· cited 14×
• Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. v. Leila Sophia AR, LLC
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• Dalkita, Inc. v. Distilling Craft, LLC
  D. Colorado· 2018-12-19· cited 10×
• Hanginout, Inc. v. Google, Inc.
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• AB Electrolux v. Bermil Industries Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2007-04-02· cited 6×
• FN Herstal, S.A. v. Clyde Armory, Inc.
  M.D. Georgia· 2015-08-20· cited 4×
• Malibu Boats, LLC v. Nautique Boat Co.
  E.D. Tennessee· 2015-01-28· cited 1×
• Nexsan Technologies, Inc. v. EMC Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 2017-04-14· cited 1×
• Am. Auto. Ass'n of N. Cal. v. Gen. Motors LLC
  N.D. California· 2019-03-21· cited 1×
• Allen Chance v. Pac-Tel Teletrac Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-03-20

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• National Cable Television Association, Inc. v. American Cinema Editors, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1991-07-02· cited 145×
• Action Temporary Services, Inc. v. Labor Force, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1989-03-23· cited 39×
• Jim Dandy Co. ex rel. Western Grain Co. v. Martha White Foods, Inc.
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1972-05-11· cited 24×
• Malcolm Nicol & Co., Inc. v. Witco Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1989-08-01· cited 16×
• Old Swiss House, Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-02-16· cited 15×
• Steer Inn Systems, Inc. v. Laughner's Drive-In, Inc.
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1969-02-13· cited 10×