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Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Electronics Corp.

Polaroid (2d Cir. 1961) supplies the Second Circuit likelihood-of-confusion factors.

Citation: Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Elecs. Corp., 287 F.2d 492 (2d Cir. 1961)

Type: Case

Jurisdiction: Federal

Issuing body: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Status: Decided

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Parties: Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Electronics Corp.

Proceeding: court decision

Polaroid supplies the Second Circuit's multi-factor test for likelihood of confusion, the counterpart to the Fifth Circuit's digits of confusion and the Ninth Circuit's Sleekcraft factors. The factors largely overlap across the circuits.

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