likelihood-of-confusion
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-1016 | RiseandShine Corporation, dba Rise Brewing v. PepsiCo, Inc. | Second Circuit | 2025-03-24 | Pending | CVSGResponse RequestedRelisted (2) | circuit-split federal-trademark intellectual-property likelihood-of-confusion statutory-interpretation trademark-law | Whether trademark strength is a question of fact in a likelihood-of-confusion analysis under 15 U.S.C. § 1114. |
| 24-953 | Lerner and Rowe PC, an Arizona Corporation v. Brown Engstrand & Shely LLC, dba Accident Law Group, an Arizona Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-03-05 | Denied | circuit-split consumer-confusion intellectual-property lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion trademark-infringement | 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit has created conflicts with the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits … | |
| 23-757 | Relish Labs LLC, et al. v. Grubhub Inc., et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2024-01-12 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) | appellate-review clear-error de-novo de-novo-review likelihood-of-confusion multifactor-test standard-of-review trademark-infringement | 1) Whether the determination of a likelihood of confusion for trademark infringement is a factual finding, reviewable for clear error, or a legal conc… |
| 23-67 | Springboards to Education, Inc. v. McAllen Independent School District | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-25 | Denied | Response Waived | anderson-v-liberty-lobby circuit-split consumer-confusion consumer-definition fact-intensive-inquiry legal-standard likelihood-of-confusion matsushita-v-zenith summary-judgment trademark-infringement | 1. Whether the case met the standard to dismiss on summary judgment because no reasonable jury could return a verdict in favor of the non-moving party… |
| 22-347 | Diece-Lisa Industries, Inc. v. Disney Store USA, LLC, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-10-13 | GVR | Response RequestedRelisted (3) | expressive-work first-amendment intellectual-property likelihood-of-confusion reverse-confusion trademark-infringement trademark-law | 1. Does the First Amendment provide an infringer blanket immunity for trademark infringement across all categories of goods so long as they can claim … |
| 22-316 | Lodestar Anstalt v. Bacardi & Company Limited, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-10-04 | Denied | Response Waived | consumer-confusion lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion section-45 trademark-enforcement trademark-infringement unfair-competition use-in-commerce | Whether a plaintiff in a trademark enforcement action must prove that each use of its mark meets Section 45 of the Lanham Act's "use in commerce" defi… |
| 21-1264 | Larry Klayman v. Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. | District of Columbia | 2022-03-18 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split consumer-confusion hearsay-evidence lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion non-disparagement precedent trademark-infringement trademark-law | 1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit err by failing to apply the "appreciable number of consumers" standard to the "l… |
| 21-212 | Dires, LLC, dba Personal Touch Beds and Personal Comfort Beds, et al. v. Select Comfort Corporation, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2021-08-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split consumer-confusion initial-interest-confusion internet-trademark-law likelihood-of-confusion online-advertising search-engine-results search-engines trademark-infringement | Trademark infringement claims are intended to ensure consumers are not confused as to the source of goods; indeed, the consumers' best interests lie a… |
| 20-1429 | Arcona, Inc. v. Farmacy Beauty, LLC, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-13 | Denied | circuit-split lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion registered-mark statutory-interpretation trademark-counterfeiting trademark-registration | The Lanham Act defines "counterfeit" as "a spurious mark which is identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, a registered mark." (15 U.S… |