Tools Usa and Equipment Company v. Champ Frame Straightening Equipment Incorporated’s Empirical Analysis
87 F.3d 654 · 1996
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. v. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (2002), George & Co. v. Imagination Entertainment Ltd. (2009)
20 federal appellate · 6 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
Relies on Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc. · Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · Mansion House Center South Redevelopment Co. v. United States · Nicholas v. United States · Nebraska v. Wyoming
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the only conclusion a reasonable trier of fact could draw from the evidence is in favor of the moving party.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and drawing every legitimate inference in that party's favor,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the strength or distinctiveness of the plaintiffs trade dress; (2) the similarity between the trade dress of the parties’ produces]; (3) the similarity of [the] goods which the trade dress identified; (4) the similarity of [the] retail facilities and trade channels used to market the two lines of products; (5) the similarity in advertising used by the sellers of each line of product; (6) the defendant’s intent; and (7) customer reaction indicating actual confusion.”
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.