Nestle certainly hasn’t been shy about engaging in aggressive trademark enforcement in the past, but this one is something different. We’ve already covered several stories in which a pe…
It’s a generic name and the only similarity is a city that’s commonly associated with the product. If I made a bourbon named Kentucky’s Favorite and later someone came around and made a bourbon called Preference of Kentucky that would be fair.
You example is less similar than this one is, but you think it could be argued to be confusing to a consumer? I think your example could have an argument, but it wouldn’t be as strong as this case.
Seattle [adjective] Coffee is very similar, especially since Best and Strong could be assumed to be different products by the same company.
It’s a generic name and the only similarity is a city that’s commonly associated with the product. If I made a bourbon named Kentucky’s Favorite and later someone came around and made a bourbon called Preference of Kentucky that would be fair.
You example is less similar than this one is, but you think it could be argued to be confusing to a consumer? I think your example could have an argument, but it wouldn’t be as strong as this case.
Seattle [adjective] Coffee is very similar, especially since Best and Strong could be assumed to be different products by the same company.