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· 12/29/1982

Visa, U.S.A., Inc. v. Birmingham Trust National Bank

Citations

  • 696 F.2d 1371
  • 216 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 649
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 12566

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a \naked assignment\ of a trademark without the accompanying goodwill was valid because it did not serve to confuse consumers
  • “[Transfer of goodwill requires only that the services be sufficiently similar to prevent consumers of the service offered under the mark from being ‘misled from established associations with the mark’ ” (citation omitted)
  • quality control provision in written license

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Judges: Friedman, Baldwin, Nies

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