In re Sones’s Empirical Analysis
590 F.3d 1282 · 2009
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from United States Court of International Trade)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1051 (§ 1 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1057 (§ 7 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1071 (§ 21 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1127 (§ 45 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 1295
Relies on Flast v. Cohen · Steffel v. Thompson · Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · Hall v. Beals · Renne v. Geary
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.
“it is placed in any manner on the goods or their containers or the displays associated therewith or on the tags or labels affixed thereto.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Siny Corp.“Id. § 1127 (emphasis added). The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requires an applicant to submit a specimen of use”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Siny Corp.“in some way evince[s] that the mark is ' associated ' with the goods and serves as an indicator of course.”
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.