Barbasol Co. v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis
160 F.2d 336 · 1947
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently April 2006 · most notably Tisch Hotels, Inc. v. Americana Inn, Inc. (1965), Campbell Soup Co. v. Armour & Co. (1949)
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 81
Relies on McLean v. Fleming · Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co. · Ex parte Automatic Switch Co. · Leschen Sons Rope Company v. Broderick Bascom Rope Company · Northam Warren Corp. v. Universal Cosmetic Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * we are convinced that our holding in the Rytex case pertinent to the instant question was an erroneous statement of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any mark which so resembles a registered mark as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive purchasers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.