Grgurev v. Licul’s Empirical Analysis
2017
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1052 (§ 2 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1055 (§ 5 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1056 (§ 6 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1071 (§ 21 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1072 (§ 22 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (§ 32 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1127 (§ 45 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc. · Smith v. Sperling · ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.
Most-quoted passages
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“Under New York law, recovery of damages for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage must be based on a factual showing that: (i) the plaintiff had business relations with a third party; (ii) the defendants interfered with those business relations; (iii) the defendants acted for a wrongful purpose or used dishonest, unfair, or improper means; and (iv) the defendants' acts injured the relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an action for conversion involving intangible property may be sustained when, in reality, it involves the misappropriation of tangible property that manifests intangible intellectual property, such as ... the USPTO's record of patent ownership.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“not tangible personal property, but rather [wa]s intangible intellectual property having no existence apart from the good will of the product or service it symbolize[d],”
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.