context: In addition, even if Plaintiffs' marks were properly classified as "laudatory" and therefore merely "descriptive," their strength is nonetheless increased by Plaintiffs' significant commercial success.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 421 F.3d 1081, 1081
citation_a.parenthetical: "A suggestive or descriptive mark, which is coneep-tually weak, can have its overall strength as a mark bolstered by its commercial success."
citation_a.sentence: See M2 Software, 421 F.3d at 1081 (“A suggestive or descriptive mark, which is coneep-tually weak, can have its overall strength as a mark bolstered by its commercial success.”) (internal citations omitted); see also Entrepreneur Media v. Smith, 279 F.3d 1135, 1144 (9th Cir.2002) (“We recognize, however, that although a suggestive or descriptive mark is inherently a weak mark, it may be strengthened by such factors as extensive advertising, length of exclusive use, public recognition ....”) (internal quotations omitted).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 279 F.3d 1135, 1144
citation_b.parenthetical: "We recognize, however, that although a suggestive or descriptive mark is inherently a weak mark, it may be strengthened by such factors as extensive advertising, length of exclusive use, public recognition ...."
citation_b.sentence: See M2 Software, 421 F.3d at 1081 (“A suggestive or descriptive mark, which is coneep-tually weak, can have its overall strength as a mark bolstered by its commercial success.”) (internal citations omitted); see also Entrepreneur Media v. Smith, 279 F.3d 1135, 1144 (9th Cir.2002) (“We recognize, however, that although a suggestive or descriptive mark is inherently a weak mark, it may be strengthened by such factors as extensive advertising, length of exclusive use, public recognition ....”) (internal quotations omitted).