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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This reminds me of the Sesame Street skit about \u201cThe National Association of W Lovers,\u201d whose club song explains that without W, \u201cfine words like \u2018waffle\u2019 would turn out just awful.\u201d
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</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, January 6, 2025 at 11:24</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>alexandra jane roberts <alexandrajroberts@gmail.com>, For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Dale Quisenberry <dale@quisenberrylaw.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [E-trademarks] No LOC Where One Letter Added<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks Alex! I\u2019ll take a look.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">alexandra jane roberts <alexandrajroberts@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 6 January 2025 at 10:18</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">am<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">hi dale, my paper "a poetics of trademark law" discusses some infringement cases w/ pairs that are one letter off, particularly in the rhyme section (discussion of the role of rhyme in infringement
cases begins on page 98). infringement was found in most but not all of those cases (see e.g. OXYDOL & OXYTROL, though obviously those are two letters apart). could be some helpful cites in there for you.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">best,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 10:56</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">AM Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I\u2019m looking for any cases where a mark that has an added letter avoids likelihood of confusion with a registered mark that is identical except for the added letter.
I\u2019m aware of the McGregor case:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further, mere similarity or even identity between marks can never alone be decisive of likelihood of confusion.
<i>McGregor-Doniger, Inc. v. Drizzle Inc.</i>, 202 U.S.P.Q. 81, 89 (2d Cir. 1979). Thus, in holding the mark DRIZZLE for women\u2019s overcoats was not likely to cause confusion with DRIZZLER for golf jackets, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit stated:
\u201cFirst, even close similarity between two marks is not dispositive of the issue of likelihood of confusion. \u2018Similarity in and of itself is not the acid test. Whether the similarity is
<b><i>likely</i></b> to provoke confusion is the crucial question.\u2019\u201d <i>Id.</i>, 202 U.S.P.Q. at 89 (citiation omitted, emphasis added).</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Just curious to know if anyone knows of any other cases like this.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks!</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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