Burndy Corporation v. Teledyne Industries Inc’s Empirical Analysis
748 F.2d 767 · 1984
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Transgo, Inc. v. Ajac Transmission Parts Corp. (1985), PPX Enterprises, Inc. v. Audiofidelity Enterprises, Inc. (1987)
19 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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. § 1117 (§ 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co. · Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · Saxbe v. Washington Post Co.
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a court may engage in some degree of speculation in computing the amount of such damages,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“according to the circumstances of the case”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which— (1) is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person, or (2) in commercial advertising or promotion, misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities, or geographic origin of his or her or another person's goods, services or commercial activities, shall be liable in a civil action by any person who believes that he or she is or is likely to be damaged by such act.” 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (a).”
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.