Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith v. National Mexican American Anti-Defamation Committee, Inc.

I would affirm on the ground that on its face the name “National Mexican-American Anti-Defamation Committee” had sufficient distinguishing characteristics that confusion with “Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith” was not likely to result where “ordinary [people used] ordinary caution,” McLean v. Fleming, 96 U.S. 245, 251, 24 L.Ed. 828 (1877). I do not disagree with the conclusion that the term “Anti-Defamation League” has acquired a secondary meaning referring to appellant, but the issue before us is whether the names of appellant and appellee are sufficiently alike that there is a…