B · Element × raw variant-label matrix
Each cell counts only merits instance blocks and distinct cases for that element and variant. 0 is a recorded variant with no counted instance; — means not recorded for this element. Cases may occur in multiple cells. Shading groups counts as 0, 1, 2, or 3+ and carries no quality or confidence meaning. Raw labels are not a curated route taxonomy.
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| Element | acquired | assumed-coverage/letters-and-cartridge-notices | audience/investor-filings-and-calls | confusion/reverse-confusion | descriptive-use/sports-nutrition-slogan | direct-reputational-injury/disparaged-component-supplier | evidence/utility-patent-exclusion | hypothetical-advertising/claimed-difference-from-copied-video | implied-approval/general-compliance-website | implied-approval/pharmacist-survey | infringing-use/trade-show-brochures | inherent | licensing/enforcement-reserved-to-licensor | linked-sales/one-chip-per-cartridge | literal-falsity | literal-falsity/ambiguous-termite-damage | literal-falsity/retouched-woodpecker-image | literal-falsity/topical-route-label | market-overlap/identical-marks-and-goods | misleading-description/generic-search-summary | misleading-truth | misleading-truth/audience-reach-without-takeaway | origin-of-goods/public-domain-video-copying | ownership/uncontested-product-names | preliminary-injunction/no-likelihood-of-success | product-design | product-design/ornamental-coffee-press | product-design/secondary-meaning-required | profits/doubling-to-deter | puffery/pests-love-it | secondary-meaning/functional-design | utility-patent/dual-spring-road-sign | zone-of-interests/reputation-and-sales |
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| Entitlement to sue and protected commercial interest AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Use in commerce connected with goods or services AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial zone-of-interests limit to commercial injury AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 |
| Commercial advertising or promotion AND | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial actual-deception or tendency-to-deceive requirement AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Statutory person including state entities and officials AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Good-faith descriptive use other than as a mark DEFENSE | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial domestic infringing-use limit AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Misleading affiliation approval or sponsorship AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| False or misleading factual representation AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Likely consumer confusion about source or sponsorship AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial materiality requirement for purchasing decisions AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Claimant proves nonfunctionality AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared |
| Enforceable source-identifying mark or trade dress AND | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial proximate-causation requirement AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Remedy-specific proof AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| State sovereign immunity unless a valid route permits suit DEFENSE | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |