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· 2/7/2013

Thomas Abraham v. Alpha Chi Omega

Citations

  • 708 F.3d 614
  • 105 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1692
  • 2013 WL 462077
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2799

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that “[a]ll that must be proven to establish liability and the need for an injunction against infringement is the likelihood of confusion—injury is presumed.”
  • observing that the court “disregard[s] all evidence favorable to [the moving party] that the jury is not required to believe”
  • noting that judgment as a matter of law is appropriate when “the facts and inferences point so strongly and overwhelmingly in the movant’s favor that jurors could not reasonably have reached a contrary verdict”
  • adopting the view of a leading treatise, that as to the first factor of the permanent injunction analysis, “[a]ll that must be proven to establish liability and the need for an injunction against infringement is the likelihood of confusion֫—injury is presumed”
  • “All that must be proven to establish liability and the need for an injunction against infringement is the likelihood of confusion—injury is presumed.”
  • “A laches defense cannot be asserted by a party with unclean hands because it is equitable.”

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Judges: Jones, Garza, Prado

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