McDonald's Corp. v. McBagel's, Inc.

Decided December 10, 1986. John Mercer Walker Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

649 F. Supp. 1268 · Cited 51 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Yale Electric Corporation v. Robertson · 26 F.2d 972
• Allied Maintenance Corp. v. Allied Mechanical Trades, Inc. · 42 N.Y.2d 538
• King Research, Inc. v. Shulton, Inc. · 324 F. Supp. 631
• Procter & Gamble Co. v. Johnson & Johnson Inc. · 485 F. Supp. 1185
• Stix Products, Inc. v. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. · 295 F. Supp. 479
• Stop the Olympic Prison v. United States Olympic Committee · 489 F. Supp. 1112
• P.F. Cosmetique, S.A. v. Minnetonka Inc. · 605 F. Supp. 662
• Beneficial Corp. v. Beneficial Capital Corp. · 529 F. Supp. 445
• Vitabiotics, Ltd. v. Krupka · 606 F. Supp. 779
• American Optical Corp. v. North American Optical Corp. · 489 F. Supp. 443
• Lois Sportswear, U.S.A., Inc. v. Levi Strauss & Co. · 631 F. Supp. 735
• Ferrara v. Scharf · 466 F. Supp. 125

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