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AMF Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats
Sleekcraft (9th Cir. 1979) supplies the Ninth Circuit likelihood-of-confusion factors.
Citation: AMF Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats, 599 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1979)
Type: Case
Jurisdiction: Federal
Issuing body: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Status: Decided
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Parties: AMF Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats
Proceeding: court decision
Sleekcraft supplies the Ninth Circuit's multi-factor test for likelihood of confusion, the counterpart to the Fifth Circuit's digits of confusion and the Second Circuit's Polaroid factors. The factors largely overlap across the circuits.
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