October 30, 2026
A luxury real estate management company has dropped a lawsuit against Airbnb that claimed it shouldn't be able to monetize the "BNB" acronym as an internationally recognized abbreviation for bed and breakfast.
October 05, 2026
Airbnb cannot monopolize the acronym "BNB," which is an internationally recognized, generic and unregistrable abbreviation for "Bed and Breakfast," and its opposition to a luxury real estate management enterprise's trademark application for "LUXBNB" should be dismissed, alleges a declaratory action filed Monday in New York federal court.