REGISTRABILITY OF ‘GENERIC.COM’ MARKS – PART – II: THE DISSENTING OPINION IN USPTO V. BOOKING.COM
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REGISTRABILITY OF ‘GENERIC.COM’ MARKS – PART – II: THE DISSENTING OPINION IN USPTO V. BOOKING.COM

ByAnkit Rastogi

Recently, the Supreme Court of United States held that marks which are generic when combined with a top-level domain name may qualify as registrable marks provided the consumers do not consider them to be generic. The decision is in USPTO v. Booking.com B.V. By an 8: 1 majority the matter has been decided against USPTO….

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Britannia Industries Ltd. v. Pepsi Co Inc. & Ors.

ByAnkit Rastogi

Britannia Industries Ltd. v. Pepsi Co Inc. & Anr. Before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, Circuit Bench, Kolkata OA/11/2007/TM/KOL 2013 (55) PTC 605[IPAB] Decided on: 26.08.2013 The Appellant (hereinafter referred to as Britannia) filed an appeal before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (herein after referred to as IPAB) against the decision of Deputy Registrar of…