Friggin Barnyard

7 Cited authorities

In re Mavety Media Group Ltd.
33 F.3d 1367 (Fed. Cir. 1994) Cited 13 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that PTO failed to prove that term was scandalous and thus unregistrable; PTO relied on dictionary definition of disputed term, but dictionary provided alternative definitions; proof failed because of "the absence of evidence as to which of these definitions the substantial composite [of consumers] would choose"
University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co.
703 F.2d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 1983) Cited 20 times 2 Legal Analyses
In University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co., 703 F.2d 1372, 1376, 217 USPQ 505, 509 (Fed. Cir. 1983), the court added that section 2(a) embraces concepts of the right to privacy which may be violated even in the absence of likelihood of confusion.
In re McGinley
660 F.2d 481 (C.C.P.A. 1981) Cited 14 times 21 Legal Analyses
Affirming refusal to register mark depicting genitalia
Application of Hartop
311 F.2d 249 (C.C.P.A. 1962) Cited 24 times
Holding that the utility of a pharmaceutical invention sufficient to premise patentability does not depend on absolute proof of safety
Hancock v. Am. Steel Wire Co. of N.J
203 F.2d 737 (C.C.P.A. 1953) Cited 30 times
Holding infringer's use of "Tornado" on wire fencing carried identical meaning to protected user's "Cyclone"
In re Riverbank Canning Co.
95 F.2d 327 (C.C.P.A. 1938) Cited 11 times 3 Legal Analyses
Affirming refusal to register MADONNA mark for wine
Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration
15 U.S.C. § 1052 Cited 1,606 times 274 Legal Analyses
Granting authority to refuse registration to a trademark that so resembles a registered mark "as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive"

Friggin Barnyard

7 Cited authorities

In re Mavety Media Group Ltd.

University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co.

In University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. J.C. Gourmet Food Imports Co., 703 F.2d 1372, 1376, 217 USPQ 505, 509 (Fed. Cir. 1983), the court added that section 2(a) embraces concepts of the right to privacy which may be violated even in the absence of likelihood of confusion.

In re McGinley

Affirming refusal to register mark depicting genitalia

Application of Hartop

Holding that the utility of a pharmaceutical invention sufficient to premise patentability does not depend on absolute proof of safety

Hancock v. Am. Steel Wire Co. of N.J

Holding infringer's use of "Tornado" on wire fencing carried identical meaning to protected user's "Cyclone"

In re Riverbank Canning Co.

Affirming refusal to register MADONNA mark for wine

Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration

Granting authority to refuse registration to a trademark that so resembles a registered mark "as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive"