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Generic Word Plus .Com May Be Trademarked Thanks to Booking.com

Balough July 1, 2020 0

(July 1, 2020) A generic name combined with “.com” may be trademarked, the United States Supreme Court says, rejecting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) broad rule that combining a generic term with “.com” cannot be registered as a trademark. “Booking.com” sought to trademark the name of its website name, which is an online […]

Google This: Is Google’s Trademark Generic?

Balough May 18, 2017 0

(May 18, 2017) Even though the public may use “google” in a generic sense with regards to internet search engines, that fact alone does not suffice to cancel Google’s trademarks. The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Google against a party who argued that Google was viewed by the public as generic, thus no longer […]