Foxtrap, Inc. v. Foxtrap, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 636 · 1982
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 26 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably ALPO Petfoods, Inc. v. Ralston Purina Co. (1990), Lindy Pen Company Inc v. Bic Pen Corporation (1993)
21 federal appellate · 26 district · 8 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. § 1114 (§ 32 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1115 (§ 33 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1116 (§ 34 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1117 (§ 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Hanover Star Milling Co. v. Metcalf · United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co. · Stoner v. California · Castro v. United States · Dawn Donut Co. v. Hart's Food Stores, 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any award based on plaintiff's damages requires some showing of actual loss,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“deter the defendant, yet not be a windfall to plaintiff nor amount to punitive damages.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a relatively egregious display of bad faith.”
2 later decisions 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.