Welding Services, Inc. v. Forman

How courts have described this case

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• stating that we “ordinarily do not review materials outside the record on appeal as designated by Fed. R. App. P. 10(a)”
• suggesting that any actual confusion must “have arisen because of” the defendant’s use of the trademarks
• holding third factor weighed in favor of plaintiff where both parties provided welding services for maintaining equipment used in heavy industry
• explaining that “[o]verwhelming visual dissimilarity can defeat an infringement claim, even where the other six factors all weigh in favor of the plaintiff” and concluding that “[t]he next three factors weigh in favor of Welding Services” (emphasis added)
• finding plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the abbreviation has a distinct meaning in the mind of the public
• affirming trial court’s finding that evidence of actual confusion had little probative value “because of the uncertainty about what might have prompted the [purported customers’] inquiries”

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