TEICHGRAEBER ET AL.

v.

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

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• Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil OIL Corp., 453 U.S. 473 (U.S. 1981)
  …(La. App. 1979) (proper to give the instruction). These Louisiana cases were considered by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a diversity case, Croce v. Bromley Corp., 623 F. 2d 1084 (1980), cert. denied sub nom. Bromley Corp. v. Cortese, 450 U. S. 981 (1981), and it followed the holding in Guerra.…
• Park 'n Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc., 469 U.S. 189 (U.S. 1985)
  …e incontestable status of a trade or service mark in an infringement action. See, e. g., United States Jaycees v. Philadelphia Jaycees, 639 F. 2d 134, 137 (CA3 1981); Soweco, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co., 617 F. 2d 1178, 1184-1185 (CA5 1980), cert. denied, 450 U. S. 981 (1981). The Patent Office has also rejected any offensive/defensive distinction with respect to the use of an incontestable mark. See Ansul Co. v. Matter International Corp., 199 U. S. P. Q. 596, 599-600 (TTAB 1978). Thus, the doctrine relied on by…
• John H. Harland Co. v. Clarke Checks, Inc., 711 F.2d 966 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …ederal Savings & Loan Ass’n, 651 F. 2d 811, 315-16 (5th Cir.1981) (discussing classification of service marks and trademarks); Soweco, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co., 617 F. 2d 1178, 1183-84 (5th Cir.1980) (discussing categories of trademarks), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 981, 101 S.Ct. 1516, 67 L.Ed.2d 816 (1981). A purely fanciful or arbitrary mark is generally considered strong and is given “protection over a wide range of related products and variations in appearance of the mark.” 1 J.T. McCarthy, Trademarks & Unfa…