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Vans Skates to Preliminary Injunction with AMS Surveys

Vans, Inc. and VF Outdoor, LLC. v Walmart, Inc. et al., Case No. 8:21-cv-01876-DOC-KES

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Likelihood of Confusion, Secondary Meaning

AMS Experts Discuss Key Issues in Lanham Act Surveys in IP Litigator Magazine

Consumer surveys can provide valuable empirical evidence in Lanham Act matters, class actions, and many other types of litigation. Sometimes survey may be the only way to obtainrelevant evidence. ...

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Deceptive Advertising, Likelihood of Confusion, News, Trademark

AMS Offers Free CLE-Eligible Webinar on Use of Survey Evidence in Intellectual Property Litigation

Consumer surveys are one of the most powerful tools available in trademark or trade dress infringement cases, deceptive advertising matters, class actions, and many other types of litigation....

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A Likelihood of Confusion Survey May Have Carried Substantial “Weight” in This Fitness Equipment Trademark Dispute

In the case Max Rack, Inc. v Core Health and Fitness, LLC., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied MRI’s summary judgment motion for trademark infringement. MRI markets and...

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A Consumer Survey May Have Been the Best Pairing with this Wine

In the case, San Antonio Winery, Inc. and Merritt Estate Winery, Inc. v. Enovation Brands, Inc., Civil Action No. 20-20515-Civ-Scola (S.D. Fla. Feb 24, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the Southern...

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Likelihood of Confusion, Trademark, Secondary Meaning

Applied Marketing Science's Likelihood of Confusion Survey is Found to be Persuasive in Supporting Motion for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunction

In 2012, fifty-five parishes of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina disassociated from the national Episcopal Church organization over disagreements with various policies of the national church....

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District Court Reverses TTAB Dismissal of Opposition Partly Based on “Powerful” Survey Evidence

In the recent case, Combe Incorporated v. Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel, Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-00935 (E.D. Va. May 23, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...

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Frequently Asked Questions about Proving Irreparable Harm with Consumer Surveys

AMS Survey Expert Brian Sowers and other members of the AMS Litigation Support team answer a few questions from their recent webinar, Proving Irreparable Harm with Consumer Surveys.

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Pitfalls of Not Conducting a Likelihood of Confusion Survey

Consumer surveys can be a powerful toolto prove or disprove likelihood of confusion inTTAB casesA failure to conduct one may ultimately result in the Boardeven with little to no evidence,...

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Likelihood of Confusion, Trademark

AMS Provides Persuasive Rebuttal in Backyard BBQ Infringement Matter

In a recent case in the Eastern District of North Carolina (Variety Stores, Inc. v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,Civil Action No. 5:14-cv-00217), the jury found Wal-Mart guilty of willful infringement of...

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