December 12, 2017
From Cheerios box trade dress to generic "googling" to a blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court decision, 2017 was another bumper year for major rulings in trademark law. Here are the 10 you need to remember.
October 27, 2017
A Virginia federal judge on Thursday awarded the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office $76,000 in attorneys' fees in a trademark dispute with Booking.com, despite the fact that the agency lost the case.
October 12, 2017
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week defended its novel policy that the agency must be repaid its attorneys' fees even for cases that it loses, criticizing travel site Booking.com for making attacks that were "fueled with vitriol."
September 28, 2017
Travel reservation site Booking.com harshly criticized the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday for seeking more than $76,000 in attorneys' fees in a trademark case that the agency lost, calling the demand a "radical departure" that "turns logic on its head."
August 10, 2017
A Virginia federal judge on Thursday reversed a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that "Booking.com" could not be registered as a trademark, ruling that the addition of ".com" to a generic term makes it potentially protectable under the Lanham Act.
September 06, 2016
A Priceline.com unit fighting the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's finding that "Booking.com" is generic has demanded a more specific explanation from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on why it thinks the company's use of the word "booking" isn't unique.
April 19, 2016
A Priceline.com unit sued to overturn the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's finding that "Booking.com" is generic, arguing the board didn't even consider the many other uses in English for the word "booking," according to a Virginia federal suit entered Tuesday.