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Polaris Electronics, Inc., owner of the registered mark POLARIS for consumer electronics, first used in commerce in 2015. Nebula Tech, LLC, begins marketing a line of wireless speakers under the brand NEBULA, featuring a stylized nebula/starfield logo and packaging in midnight blue and silver, sold through the same channels as Polaris’s products. Polaris sues Nebula for trademark infringement under the Intellectual Property Code (R.A. 8293), alleging use of a confusingly similar mark in commerce for goods identical or related to Polaris’s. Nebula asserts (a) no likelihood of confusion, and (b) descriptive or nominative fair use. Answer the following: (a) Identify the central doctrine and the elements Polaris must prove to prevail. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule on “likelihood of confusion” from other tests and indicate whether actual confusion must be proven. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and determine whether Nebula’s use constitutes infringement. If infringement exists, state the remedies Polaris may pursue.

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Likelihood of confusion governs infringement; elements: (1) plaintiff owns a valid mark; (2) defendant used in commerce a mark identical or confusingly similar; (3) for goods or services identical or related; (4) such use is likely to confuse a substantial portion of the purchasing public; (5) actual confusion is not required to prove infringement; defenses include descriptive or nominative fair use. Strength of mark is the sole determinant; stronger marks automatically prevail regardless of similarity of the marks or goods. Dilution governs infringement for famous marks; requires proof of blurring or tarnishment and significant fame; this is the sole standard for all infringement cases. Descriptive or nominative fair use is the controlling doctrine; if the defendant’s use is necessary to refer to the plaintiff’s product, infringement is defeated even if the marks are identical.

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