Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Charter Wire, Inc. v. United States

Charter Wire, Inc. v. United States, 372 U.S. 965 (1963)

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.