Before the Supreme Court of the United States. On Writ of Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Summary: A term styled "generic.com" is not necessarily generic and ...

In its recent decision in USPTO v. Booking.com, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to adopt a sweeping rule that would automatically render “generic.com” marks unregistrable. This opens the door for ...

Why are generic terms so valuable? Whether it is in search or domain names, a generic word carries immense opportunity since it often defines categories of information, products and experiences.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that generic names, which are not usually allowed to be trademarked, can be registered by a business in the form of a URL if that URL is recognizable to consumers as ...

Despite the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Booking.com, ‘generic.com’ trademark applicants still need to carefully document the protectability and registrability of their brands, say Victoria Doyle and ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. When the digital travel company Booking.com sought to register its domain name as a ...

Generic terms—those words that actually name a product or service—are ineligible for trademark protection under current United States trademark law. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ...

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Although the USPTO has released guidelines trying to clarify SCOTUS’s Booking.com ruling, generic.com brands will still be refused, say lawyers While USPTO trademark guidelines on generic terms ...

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