· 2/24/1988
Wynn Oil Company and Classic Car Wash, Inc. v. Michael F. Thomas
Citations
- 839 F.2d 1183
- 5 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1944
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 2196
- 1988 WL 12903
How courts have described this case
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- holding that bulk car wax and complete car washing service of one party and car care products of other party offered consumers the fundamentally same thing: a clean car
- finding that car wash service and seller of car care products “fundamentally are selling the same thing — a clean car”
- noting that “[e]vidence of actual confusion is undoubtedly the best evidence of likelihood of confusion”
- \holding that bulk car wax and complete car washing service of one party and car care products of other party offered consumers the fundamentally same thing: a clean car\
- finding consumer could easily assume producer of car wash products had expanded into car wash business
- finding national marketing effort of one party inevitably overlapped opponent's local advertising campaign to some degree, although overlap probably would not increase likelihood of confusion significantly
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Judges: Lively, Kennedy, Peck
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