J. R. Wood and Sons, Inc. v. Reese Jewelry Corporation

When middle-aged judges are obliged to determine the “likelihood of confusion” in the purchase of engagement and wedding rings by youthful swains not enjoying our advantage of knowing the answer in advance, I should suppose the most resolute mind must entertain some doubts. I prefer to resolve mine in favor of a plaintiff who has spent money and effort in exploiting its mark for nearly a score of years rather than of a defendant who, with the world of possible names before him, has chosen to inch as close to the plaintiff’s mark as he believes he safely can, even if he has done this in a…