In re Helene Curtis Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
305 F.2d 492 · 1962
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36
cited by 36 later decisions
June 1978
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1052 (§ 2 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Shoe Corp. of America v. Juvenile Shoe Corp. of America
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“* * * do not necessarily serve only to support the arguments of the party introducing them. Nor does it help an applicant on a section 2(d) likelihood of confusion issue to create a picture of already existing likelihood of confusion as between other marks by introducing a plethora of registrations of similar marks. We will not assume any knowledge on the part of the purchasing public of mere registrations in the Patent Office and neither will we assume that marks are in continuing use, so as to have had any effect on the mind of the purchasing public, merely because they have been registered. As the statute requires us to do, we will determine the issue on the basis of the mark sought to be registered, the goods named in the application, and the prior mark and the goods on which it is used or for which it is registered.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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