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) ...
Recently the Supreme Court affirmed registration on the principal register for what appeared to be a generic term. In United States Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V., 140 S. Ct. 2298 ...
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 ...
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday upheld a district court ruling in favor of lottery website and app Jackpot.com in a trademark suit filed by lottery ...
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 ...
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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