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Castro v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.

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69 L. Ed. 2d 956 · Supreme Court of the United States · Jun 15, 1981
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Castro v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.
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S.D. California · Apr 15, 1996
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D. Arizona · Feb 27, 1995
C.D. California · May 17, 1994
N.D. California · Oct 20, 1993
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Parentheticals
“to protect consumers against deceptive designations of the origin of goods and, conversely, to enable producers to differentiate their products from those of others”
Cable Electric Products, Inc. v. Genmark, Inc., A/K/A Diablo Products Corp.
a feature of an item may “serve simultaneously as a functional component of a product and a trademark”
the source of the right sued upon, not the ground on which the federal jurisdiction is invoked, determines whether federal or state law applies
ornamental features may fill a consumer need without serving as a trademark even though such features may be nonutilitarian
defendant permitted to manufacture jewelry bearing plaintiffs mark