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277 F.3d 253 · 2002
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably 277 F. Supp. 2d 269 - Gucci America, Inc. v. Duty Free Apparel, Ltd. (2003), In Re: Lawrence Kassover (2003)
3 federal appellate · 6 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 Carson v. American Brands, Inc. · Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger · Dawn Donut Co. v. Hart's Food Stores, Inc. · Johnson & Johnson v. Carter-Wallace, Inc. · Quabaug Rubber Co. v. Fabiano Shoe 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Marvel, as the licensor of the 'X–Men' property, is obliged to maintain some control over the quality of the licensed property as an incident of valid licensing or risk abandonment of its mark.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the source of the goodwill inhering in [licensed] trademarks”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“serious, perhaps irreparable, consequence”
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.