I have no clue about TM law. Hence a question to the TM law cracks here:
Does this mean that someone could register the TMs “pharmacy.com” for online sale of pharmaceuticals or “hotels.dallas” for online hotel bookings – and then deny Walgreens to start promoting their currently not resolving domain “pharmacy.com” for the online sale of pharmaceuticals, or the prospective registrant of hotels.dallas to promote the domain for online hotel bookings?
Thanks,
Alexander
From: Gnso-newgtld-wg [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Aikman-Scalese, Anne
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 3:12 AM
To: gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org
Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] FW: Client Alert - Supreme Court Finds BOOKING.COM Non-Generic And Capable Of Federal Trademark Registration
Dear WG members,
Just in case anyone on the list is wondering about the US Supreme Court decision in the booking.com trademark case that Paul and I were discussing on the list, please see attached summary. Again, my view is this is a “secondary meaning” case with uncontested evidence that consumers recognized the domain as a source indicator of the owner’s services.
Thank you,
Anne
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