
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
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
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
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
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
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
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
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