The Forschner Group, Inc. And Swiss Army Brands, Ltd. v. Arrow Trading Co. Inc.

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• concluding that the term “swiss” in swiss army knife was not a geographic term of origin but adjudicating the claim under § 1125(a)(1)(B)
• concluding that “[u]nder the false advertising provision of the Lanham Act, a phrase is eligible for protection as a representation of geographic origin only if the phrase is geographically descriptive”
• reiterating that marks are categorized, in ascending degree of distinctiveness, as generic, descriptive, suggestive, or arbitrary
• holding that the “phrase Swiss Army knife cannot fairly be read to say ‘made in Switzerland’ so as to be geographically 2 The Complaint includes three photographs of the Product’s packaging: (1) the front side of a box; (2) the back side of a box; and (3
• assessing false designation of geographic origin claim with the likelihood of confusion test under § 1125(a)(1)(A)
• “The question is whether [the mark] can be construed to mean that the product is made in a certain locale,”

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