Adding '.com' to a generic term can create a protectable trademark if consumers perceive the resulting term as source-identifying rather than generic.
ip
Foreign words used as trademarks are assessed for descriptiveness in the Australian English-speaking market; Italian words for coffee were registrable as not inherently descriptive.
Statutory licence scheme for sound recordings validly enacted under constitutional copyright power and did not constitute an unjust acquisition of property.
An ISP that failed to act on infringement notices did not authorise subscribers' copyright infringement via BitTorrent, as it lacked the requisite control over the infringing acts.
Get a detailed analysis of United States Patent and Trademark Office v Booking.com BV and how it applies to your situation.
Explain United States Patent and Trade...