YKK CORP. v. Jungwoo Zipper Co., Ltd.

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• holding initials were a highly distinctive mark because they derived from an original name that in no way 23 described or suggested the company’s products
• finding expert’s opinion on whether there was a 16 likelihood of confusion was inadmissible, but his opinions on the foundational Sleekcraft 17 factors were admissible
• finding “[t]he strength of the [asserted] 10 mark is beyond question” based, in part, on the fact that the asserted mark had “achieved 11 incontestable status”

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