Douglas Laboratories Corp. v. Copper Tan, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
210 F.2d 453 · 1954
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently September 2012 · most notably Stix Products, Inc. v. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. (1968), A&h Sportswear, Inc Mainstream Swimsuits, Inc. v. Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc. Victoria's Secret Catalogue, Inc (2000)
19 federal appellate · 8 district ·
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
Relies on Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp. · Standard Paint Company v. Trinidad Asphalt Manufacturing Company · Galvan v. Press · Independent Nail & Packing Co. v. Stronghold Screw Products, Inc. · Miles Shoes, Inc. v. R. H. Macy & 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person * * * shall, in commerce, * * * use, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction * * * or colorable imitation of any registered mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive purchasers as to the source of [ sic ] origin of such goods or services * * *.”
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.