Stanadyne, Inc. v. Lins’s Empirical Analysis
490 F.2d 1396 · 1974
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8
cited by 8 later decisions
April 1986
most recently cited
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1057 (§ 7 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
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“[I]n the absence of evidence of the extent of actual continuing use of registered marks, mere registrations are entitled to little weight in establishing whether there is likely to be confusion because registrations by themselves do not indicate how the public mind may have been conditioned. [490 F.2d at 1397, 180 USPQ at 649.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Clorox Co.
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