503 F. Supp. 647 - Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. v. Gulf & Western Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 2000
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Menendez v. Holt · McLean v. Fleming · McGregor-Doniger Inc. v. Drizzle Inc. · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd. · Sonesta International Hotels Corp. v. Wellington Associates
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Courts have long recognized that recovery under § 43(a) is not restricted to federally registered trademarks, but extends to “words, symbols, collections of colors and designs, or advertising materials or techniques” that the purchasing public has come to associate with a single source. RJR Foods, Inc. v. White Rock Corp., 603 F.2d 1058, 1059 (2d Cir.1979). See also Perfect Fit Industries, Inc. v. Acme Quilting Co., 618 F.2d 950 (2d Cir.1980); J.T. McCarthy, Trademarks and Unfair Competition § 15.3 (1973).” Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. v. Gulf & Western Corp., 503 F.Supp. 647, 649 (S.D.N.Y.1980).”
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.