Hello! I just learned a new term called a "proprietary eponym." It's a brand name that is so synonymous with a generic item that it basically becomes the defining word for that product. And I can't ...

Booking.com conceded that the word “booking” was the generic term for its services, but insisted that combining it with the suffix “.com” generated a descriptive term, and that the test for whether a ...

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.

On May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court presided over its first-ever remote oral argument in the matter of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Bookings.com. The case garnered considerable attention because ...

Pins, pins everywhere! Back in October, we reported on a trademark infringement suit filed by Pinterest against planning travel startup Pintrips, accusing it of trademark infringement, false ...

Barilla, one of the leading companies in the pasta market, has been granted the transfer of the domain name ‘barillaalimentare.com’ under the UDRP. Among other things, the panel held that the domain ...

The Supreme Court has held that Club 21 Private Limited’s trademark CLUB 21 was registrable for goods and services in Classes 16, 25 and 35. The registrar and the Board of Trademarks had refused to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Booking.com, the online travel reservation site, can get a trademark for its name. The Patent and Trademark Office had wanted to deny the trademark, saying ...

Language has always been a contested resource in technology, but the collision between generic words and proprietary brands is getting sharper as artificial intelligence systems learn to remix ...