United States Federal Circuit

Where both marks cover identical goods moving through the same channels of trade, both are inexpensive so likely to be impulse purchases, and both seem to come from common etymological origins, confusion is likely to occur in the marketplace.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2001
• Published 01/09/2001

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lori N. Boatright,Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, argued for appellants.   With her on the brief were Eric S. Hyman, and Charles T.J. Weigell.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raymond I. Geraldson, Jr., Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, of Chicago, IL, argued for appellee.   With him on the brief were Douglas N. Masters, and Bradley L. Cohn.