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CAFC Affirms TTAB's Genericness Refusal of "HOTELS.COM"

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's judgment in the HOTELS.COM case, in which the Board found (here) the term to be generic for "providing information for others about temporary lodging; travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for temporary lodging for others by means of telephone and the global computer network." (TTABlogged here). In re Hotels.com, L.P., Appeal No. 2008-1429 (Fed. Cir. July 23, 2009).The Board relied on definitions, websites, and similar "hotel" domain names, in finding that hotels are the "focus" of Applicant's services. It further found that the composite term HOTELS.COM connotes nothing more tor trademark purposes than the common meanings of the component words: i...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on July 24, 2009 (boomark / email).