United States v. John Torkington

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• stating, with regard to counterfeit goods, that a \trademark holder's ability to use its mark to symbolize its reputation is harmed when potential purchasers of its goods see unauthentic goods and identify these goods with the trademark holder\
• “[A] central policy goal of [section 2320] is to protect trademark holders’ ability to use their marks to identify themselves to their customers_”
• “[P]rice differential may be relevant to the determination of whether the mark is likely to confuse.”
• “Under Fed.R.Crim.P. 12(b) . . . [,] a court may not dismiss an indictment . . . on a determination of facts that should have been developed at trial.”
• provided that the confusion contemplated by criminal trademark counterfeiting statutes includes potential confusion by potential purchasers in the public who may not have the ability or opportunity to view disclaimers on display for only direct purchases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).