Telemed Corporation v. Tel-Med, Inc., and Chicago Medical Society

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “Telemed” is a descriptive mark by analyzing meaning of “tele” and “med”
• numerous instances of third-party usage of “Tel-” and “Med-” prefix renders the “TEL-MED” mark weak
• \A suggestive term suggests rather than describes an ingredient or characteristic of the goods and requires the observer or listener to use imagination and perception to determine the nature of the goods.\
• a mark is “weak” when a mark is “very much like similar marks” in the industry
• a mark is “weak” when a mark is “very much like similar marks” in the industry
• “A suggestive term suggests rather than describes an ingredient or characteristic of the goods and requires the observer or listener to use imagination and perception to determine the nature of the goods.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).