Generic no more: Booking.com wins
Held, today, in the Supreme Court: Under these principles, whether “Booking.com” is generic turns on whether that term, taken as a whole, signifies to consumers […]
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Best of 2012: Cole Haan’s and the MTA’s subway trademark stories
Originally posted 2012-12-23 18:00:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted April 16, 2012. I’ve been following the IP obsession of New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority […]
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NYIPLA Amicus Brief – Booking.com
This week, the New York Intellectual Property Law filed this amicus brief in the Booking.com case before the SCOTUS. I helped (a little). These are […]
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Booking.com and genericness
The U.S. Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will hear the Booking.com trademark case in the new year. Booking.com BV, owner of the […]
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Best of 2012: Apostrophe now
Originally posted 2015-06-28 11:50:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published October 11, 2012. Via Courthouse News, a report of a trademark lawsuit that I’d think […]
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Back from the void
Originally posted 2017-03-09 13:47:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIn trademarks, generic is generic is generic. That’s what makes it generic. But there’s a difference between […]
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I feel like a table-tennis ball!
Originally posted 2011-03-03 21:13:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter When I saw Sergiy Sivochek’s post about the PING PONG trademark, I thought it sounded familiar — […]
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The dreaded dictionary
Originally posted 2012-05-10 14:06:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA couple of years ago I wrote this post called “the Museum of Genericization,” about a feature […]
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The Trademark That’s Too Good to be a Trademark
Originally posted 2005-12-26 12:46:46. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThat’s what a generic mark is. The TTAB Blog reports that the TTAB has ruled that Lawyers.com, […]
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Best of 2012: Bates and hooks
Originally posted 2012-12-24 13:00:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Bates numbering, that is. As a litigator, I’ve been living with Bates-numbering, or Bates-stamping, for over […]
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NYIPLA: Hot topics and a generic presentation
This Thursday is the hot summer half-day of sizzling CLE: The “Hot Topics in Intellectual Property” extravaganza at the New York Intellectual Property Association. And […]
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The new generic
It is no longer the case that the appearance of your brand in the dictionary spells its doom as a protectable trademark.
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Best of 2008: MasterCard card. Card card. Card.
Originally posted 2015-01-23 10:46:14. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted December 17th, 2008. A reader writes to New York Times Q&A guy Stuart Elliot with […]
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When Dot Com really can make a trademark (Best of 2017)
Originally posted on September 8, 2017.In an important new ruling, Booking.com B.V. v. Matal, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia — on an […]
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