· 5/18/2017
United States v. Lazaro-Garcia
Citations
- 689 F. App'x 353
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that under nominative fair use, an automobile dealer could advertise wheels that fit Ford Mustangs, or a computer company could advertise that it sells software that is compatible with Windows and Apple
- finding defense not available for listings advertising “O.E.” Ford wheels which are not manufactured by Ford because the listings “fail to reflect the true and accurate relationship between the plaintiff and defendant’s products and services”
- “[M]ere expenditures in promoting, advertising, and/or selling an infringing mark does not constitute undue prejudice for the purpose of laches.”
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Judges: Haynes, Higginbotham, Prado
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