OLAH

v.

SAMS ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• AMF Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats, 599 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1979)
  …g courts presume that the defendant can accomplish his purpose: that is, that the public will be deceived. Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co., 314 F. 2d 157-58; see Friend v. H. A. Friend & Co., 416 F. 2d 526 (CA 9 1969) cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S.Ct. 916, 25 L.Ed.2d 94 (1970); cf. International Luggage Registry v. Avery Products Corp., 541 F. 2d 830 (CA 9 1976) (copyright action). Good faith is less probative of the likelihood of confusion, yet may be given considerable weight in fashi…
• Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. The Procter & Gamble Co., 434 F.2d 794 (9th Cir. 1970)
  …using similarity is based solely upon a comparison of the trademarks themselves, this court is in a position equally as good as the trial court to decide the issues. Friend v. H. A. Friend and Company, 416 F. 2d 526, 531 (9th Cir. 1969), cert. den., 397 U.S. 914, 90 S.Ct. 916, 25 L.Ed.2d 94 (1970); Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Company, 314 F. 2d 149, 152 (9th Cir. 1963), cert. den., 374 U.S. 830, 83 S.Ct. 1870, 10 L.Ed.2d 1053 (1963). In the circumstances present here, however, the facts ar…
• Bandag, Inc. v. AL Bolser's Tire Stores, Inc., 750 F.2d 903 (Fed. Cir. 1984)
  …knowingly adopts the mark of another, courts presume that it can accomplish its purpose of deceiving the public. AMF Inc., 599 F. 2d at 354, 204 USPQ at 819. See Friend v. H.A. Friend & Co., 416 F. 2d 526, 163 USPQ 159 (9th Cir.1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S.Ct. 916, 25 L.Ed.2d 94, 164 USPQ 481 (1970). Although the good faith of the infringer in adopting the infringing use is frequently interposed as a defense against this presumption, proof of actual intent to deceive is not required to sustain a…