Johnny Blastoff, Incorporated v. Los Angeles Rams Football Company, St. Louis Rams Partnership, National Football League Properties, Incorporated’s Empirical Analysis
188 F.3d 427 · 1999
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably Aktieselskabet Af 21. November 2001 v. Fame Jeans Inc. (2008), George & Co. v. Imagination Entertainment Ltd. (2009)
12 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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. § 1064 (§ 14 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1119 (§ 37 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on United States v. Berkowitz · L.S. Heath & Son, Inc. v. AT & T Information Systems, Inc. · International Kennel Club of Chicago, Inc. v. Mighty Star, Inc. · New West Corporation v. Nym Company of California Inc Nym Company of California · Sands Taylor Wood Company v. Quaker Oats Company
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) use[d] in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which— (A) is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`a reasonable interest to be protected against conduct violating the Act.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“will exist as to the origin of the plaintiff’s products. Johnny Blastoff, Inc. v. Los Angeles Rams Football Co., 188 F.3d 427, 436 (7th Cir.1999). See also Schutt Mfg. Co. v. Riddell, Inc., 673 F.2d 202, 206 (7th Cir.1982) (”
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.