Pentec, Inc. v. Graphic Controls Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.2d 309 · 1985
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc. (1986), Panduit Corporation v. Dennison Manufacturing Co (1987)
6 federal appellate · 4 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. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Bullock v. United States · United States v. El Paso Natural Gas 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ensures care in the preparation of an opinion ... and provides appellate courts with the benefit of the District Court's insights into a case,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In respect of unfair competition, 'the ultimate test is whether the public is likely to be deceived or confused....'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“ ‘reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor was involved.’ ”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re GPAC Inc.
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.