Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Kenneth G. Wheeler

How courts have described this case

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• upholding permanent injunction despite plaintiffs failure to produce evidence of actual confusion
• award of reasonable attorney's fees is appropriate where justified by equitable considerations, including where the acts of infringement were 'willful'
• the purpose of protecting trademarks from infringement is to allow “the public to depend on the constancy of the quality of products it seeks”
• “Trademark rights do not generally arise from registration.”
• “[T]his court is mindful of the importance of and the need to protect trademarks from infringement. The use of trademarks is designed to alert the consumer public as to the origin and source of the products. It allows the public to depend on the constancy of the quality of products it seeks”

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