In re Marriott Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
459 F.2d 525 · 1972
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently January 2019
2 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1051 (§ 1 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1127 (§ 45 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Roux Laboratories, Inc. v. Clairol Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when it is placed in any manner on..[the goods'] containers...or if the nature of the goods makes such placement impracticable, then on documents associated with the goods or their sale.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The terms of the statute [ 15 U.S.C. § 1127 ] are met if the mark is placed 'in any manner' on the 'displays associated' with the goods.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In our view, 'association with the goods' is a relative term amenable to proof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Siny Corp.
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.