Westchester Media v. PRL USA Holdings, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
214 F.3d 658 · 2000
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably Eli Lilly Company v. Natural Answers Incorporated Brian a Feinstein (2000), Parks v. Laface Records (2003)
27 federal appellate · 5 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 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd. · Boston Professional Hockey Ass'n v. Dallas Cap & Emblem Mfg., Inc. · Exxon Corporation v. Texas Motor Exchange of Houston Inc · Rogers v. Grimaldi · Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. v. Publications International, Ltd.
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the strength of the plaintiffs mark; (2) the similarity of design between the two marks; (3) the similarity of the products or services; (4) the identity of the retail outlets and purchasers; (5) the similarity of the advertising media used; (6) the defendant’s intent; (7) the evidence of actual confusion; and (8) the degree of care exercised by potential purchasers.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must show that the defendant's use of the mark 'creates a likelihood of confusion in the minds of potential customers as to the”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ppellate courts have a similar responsibility and have reviewed the breadth of injunctive relief in the face of... waiver arguments.”
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.