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... Read more
Tag: Booking.com
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... Read more
When Dot Com really can make a trademark
In an important new ruling, Booking.com B.V. v. Matal, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia — on an appeal from the PTO under... Read more
The Trademark Singularity: Part 2
If we learned anything in Tam, it is that the Register should not be an expression of value judgments. It is and should be a register (small s). Of trademarks. Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more