Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Charter Wire, Inc. v. United States
372 U.S. 965
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1963-04-15
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- floor wax and insecticide maker’s slogan, “Where there’s life, there’s bugs,” harmed strength of defendant’s slogan, “Where there’s life, there’s Bud.”
- unauthorized use of “Where there’s life there’s Bugs” held to infringe plaintiff’s rights in “Where there’s life . . . there’s Bud”
- similarities between beer product slogan and slogan for combination pesticide and floorwax stated claim under Lanham Act
- "unwholesome” association between beer slogan, "Where there’s life, there's Bud," and chemical company slogan, "Where there’s life, there’s bugs”
- “Where there’s life, there’s bugs” unfairly competed with “Where there’s life, there’s Bud”
- “Budweiser” mark infringed by use of slogan “Where there’s life ... there’s bugs”
- concerning former Rule 41(b), the precursor to present Rule 52(c)
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Charter Wire, Inc. v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.