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Joel MacMull
Posted on December 26, 2022 Genericness and Trademarks

Booking.com and genericness

[stextbox id=”info” caption=”Joel MacMull of Mandelbaum Salsburg” image=”https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/Joel-MacMull-e1575392890760.png”]My partner Joel MacMull and I have spent a lot of time thinking, speaking about and litigating the... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Genericness and Trademarks

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

Posted on May 28, 2021October 11, 2021 Genericness and Trademarks

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

Posted on November 17, 2020 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Genericness and Trademarks

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

Posted on January 1, 2018December 31, 2017 Genericness and Trademarks

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

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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