In a world where brand identity significantly influences consumer decisions, protecting the uniqueness of one’s product or service becomes more critical than ever. At the forefront of this issue is ...
Today, the Supreme Court held in U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V. that a generic term paired with an internet designation such as “.com” (called a “generic.com” term by the Court) ...
Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. When the digital travel company Booking.com sought to register its domain name as a ...
Generic terms—those words that actually name a product or service—are ineligible for trademark protection under current United States trademark law. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ...
“One critical reason the Court put forward was consumers’ association of “Booking.com” with one source: Booking Holdings, Inc. Yet, under existing trademark law, no amount of consumer recognition can ...
When a complainant initiates a UDRP procedure against a domain name that contains a generic or dictionary term, it is easy to assume that the complaint was brought in bad faith. However, several UDRP ...
In 2011 and 2012, Booking.com, a digital travel company that allows consumers to make hotel and other reservations online, filed applications to register trademarks with various visual features, all ...
“Tuesday’s ruling marks a key development in the Court’s genericness doctrine. The decision will not necessarily open the floodgates to a countless number of ‘generic.com’ terms on the Trademark ...
Why are generic terms so valuable? Whether it is in search or domain names, a generic word carries immense opportunity since it often defines categories of information, products and experiences.
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