Gross v. JFD Manufacturing Co.

Gross v. JFD Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Gross v. JFD Mfg. Co., 374 U.S. 832 (1963)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: June 17, 1963
Docket: No. 1114
Citations: 374 U.S. 83283 S. Ct. 187310 L. Ed. 2d 1054137 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 9131963 U.S. LEXIS 2615

Cited by 27 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

Text extracted by OCR from a scanned original; check the original for exact wording.

C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 2 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(“It is well established that where descriptive words are used, the presumption of validity attaching to a registered trademark may be easily overcome.”)

Brown v. Quiniou, 744 F. Supp. 463 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)

Cited by 27 cases

View all citing references →

Relies on it most ⓘ

Bussemer v. Artwire Creations, Inc.231 F. Supp. 798 (S.D.N.Y. 1964)
United States v. Lewes Dairy, Inc.337 F.2d 827 (3d Cir. 1964)
United States v. Lewes Dairy, Inc. Lewes Dairy, Inc., and Clifford S. Ott and James M. Faulkner, Individually Andas Co-Partners Doing Business as Hollybrook Dairy, a Co-Partnership v. Orville L. Freeman, as Secretary of Agriculture337 F.2d 827 (3d Cir. 1965)
Troy v. Post, Jr. v407 F.2d 319 (D.C. Cir. 1969)
Lewes Dairy, Inc. v. Freeman401 F.2d 308 (3d Cir. 1968)
United States v. Bertram E. Seidlitz589 F.2d 152 (4th Cir. 1978)

Most recent

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. v. Mayer Laboratories, Inc.868 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Cal. 2012)
Brown v. Quiniou744 F. Supp. 463 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)
United States v. Lord710 F. Supp. 615 (E.D. Va. 1989)
Karmikel Corp. v. May Dept. Stores Co., Inc.658 F. Supp. 1361 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
Pescosolido v. Block765 F.2d 827 (9th Cir. 1985)
United States v. Robert W684 F.2d 481 (7th Cir. 1982)

Citing references are not a citator: they show that a later opinion cites this case, not whether it followed, distinguished, or overruled it. Check negative history before relying on this case.

Authorities cited 0

No citations to other opinions in this database were found.

`/`	Focus the search box
`j` `k`	Next / previous result
`Enter`	Open the selected result
`x`	Add / remove the selected result from the download list
`n` `p`	Next / previous search term in a case
`c`	Copy the citation of the current case
`+` `−`	Larger / smaller reading text
`?`	Show this list