Tom Cunningham v. Laser Golf Corporation (Now Known as Belair Golf)

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a “belief in likely damage can be shown by establishing a direct commercial interest”
• finding that standing is established through a plaintiff’s proof of ownership of a federal 4 Opposition No. 91200510 registration
• stating that the TTAB need consider only likelihood-of-confusion factors for which evidence is submitted
• “Standing ... requires only that the party seeking cancellation believe that it is likely to be damaged by the registration.”
• approving finding that “it could not conclude there had even been an opportunity for actual confusion”
• “Regarding descriptive terms, this court has noted that the ‘descriptive component of a mark may be given little weight in reaching a conclusion on likelihood of confusion.”’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).