Cyber-Financial.Net, Inc.

14 Cited authorities

Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corp.
174 F.3d 1036 (9th Cir. 1999) Cited 1,103 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding mark use was not sufficiently public when used in a website domain and in "limited correspondence with lawyers and a few customers"
Beckwith v. Commr. of Patents
252 U.S. 538 (1920) Cited 177 times 1 Legal Analyses
Defining “composite marks” as those which “contain both registerable and nonregisterable matter”
In re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp.
240 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) Cited 38 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that 1–888–M–A–T–T–R–E–S–S “immediately conveys the impressions that a service relating to mattresses is available by calling the telephone number”
In re Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Smith
828 F.2d 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1987) Cited 57 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding applicant's incontestable registration of a service mark for "cash management account" did not automatically entitle applicant to registration of that mark for broader financial services
In re Nett Designs, Inc.
236 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2001) Cited 28 times
Finding that prior registrations of marks including the term ULTIMATE "do not conclusively rebut the Board's finding that ULTIMATE is descriptive in the context of this mark"
H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. International Ass'n of Fire Chiefs, Inc.
782 F.2d 987 (Fed. Cir. 1986) Cited 45 times 8 Legal Analyses
Reversing decision of TTAB that "Fire Chief," as applied to monthly magazine circulated to fire departments, was generic
In re the American Fertility Society
188 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 1999) Cited 22 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that an earlier precedential decision is binding precedent on later panels
Image Online Design, Inc. v. Core Ass'n
120 F. Supp. 2d 870 (C.D. Cal. 2000) Cited 9 times
Finding ".web" generic
In re Gould Paper Corp.
834 F.2d 1017 (Fed. Cir. 1987) Cited 20 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the compound term "SCREEN-WIPE" is generic as applied to wipes for cleaning monitor screens
555-1212.com, Inc. v. Communication House Intern., Inc.
157 F. Supp. 2d 1084 (N.D. Cal. 2001) Cited 6 times
Concluding that status as one of the top 500 websites that attract the most unique visitors indicates only "that a large number of Internet users visit plaintiff's web site" and "does not provide any reasonable inference . . . that these users perceive plaintiff's domain name as a brand name"

Cyber-Financial.Net, Inc.

14 Cited authorities

Holding mark use was not sufficiently public when used in a website domain and in "limited correspondence with lawyers and a few customers"

Defining “composite marks” as those which “contain both registerable and nonregisterable matter”

Holding that 1–888–M–A–T–T–R–E–S–S “immediately conveys the impressions that a service relating to mattresses is available by calling the telephone number”

Holding applicant's incontestable registration of a service mark for "cash management account" did not automatically entitle applicant to registration of that mark for broader financial services

Finding that prior registrations of marks including the term ULTIMATE "do not conclusively rebut the Board's finding that ULTIMATE is descriptive in the context of this mark"

Reversing decision of TTAB that "Fire Chief," as applied to monthly magazine circulated to fire departments, was generic

Holding that an earlier precedential decision is binding precedent on later panels

Finding ".web" generic

Holding that the compound term "SCREEN-WIPE" is generic as applied to wipes for cleaning monitor screens

Concluding that status as one of the top 500 websites that attract the most unique visitors indicates only "that a large number of Internet users visit plaintiff's web site" and "does not provide any reasonable inference . . . that these users perceive plaintiff's domain name as a brand name"