“The Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision, delivered by the late Justice Ginsburg, that the combination of a generic word and ‘.com’ may be eligible for federal trademark registration. The Court ruled ‘generic.com’ marks are only generic and ineligible for protection when consumers in fact perceive them as merely identifying a class of products or services. In this case, however, the Court noted the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found consumers did not signify an entire class of online hotel reservation services based on survey evidence …” (more)
[Charlize Morgan, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 15 December]
First posted 2020-12-16 08:25:51
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