CENTAUR COMMUNICATIONS v. A/S/M COMMUNICATIONS

No. 923, Docket 87-7008.

830 F.2d 1217 (1987)

CENTAUR COMMUNICATIONS, LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A/S/M COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Rittinger, New York City (Mark A. Fowler, Satterlee & Stephens, New York City, of counsel) for defendant-appellant A/S/M Communications, Inc.

John J. Kirby, Jr., New York City (Shelley B. O'Neill, Martin L. Feinberg, Robert J. Gunther, Jr., Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee Centaur Communications, Ltd.

Before CARDAMONE and MINER, Circuit Judges, and SPRIZZO, District Judge.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal, from a finding of trademark infringement, necessarily implicates the legal concepts of secondary meaning and likelihood of confusion, for which our precedents establish a long list of factors that must be considered before a determination may be reached. Unfortunately, there is no shortcut. To reach a principled conclusion in a trademark case, it is just as essential to recite the right...

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