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13 Cited authorities
A.J. Canfield Co. v. Honickman
808 F.2d 291 (3d Cir. 1986) Cited 172 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding "chocolate fudge" — a generic term for chocolate fudge-flavored soda — is not protectable
Advertise.Com, Inc. v. AOL Advertising, Inc.
616 F.3d 974 (9th Cir. 2010) Cited 35 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding that a Top Level Domain merely reflects an online commercial organization
In re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp.
240 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) Cited 38 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 Hotels.com
573 F.3d 1300 (Fed. Cir. 2009) Cited 24 times 4 Legal AnalysesFinding that the TTAB did not err in determining that the term was generic, citing in part concerns arising from the methodology of the applicant's consumer survey
In re Steelbuilding.com
415 F.3d 1293 (Fed. Cir. 2005) Cited 26 times 2 Legal AnalysesAffirming the refusal of the Patent and Trademark Office to register the mark STEELBUILDING.COM, because the mark was descriptive of online services for the design of steel buildings, and lacked secondary meaning
In re Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.
777 F.2d 1556 (Fed. Cir. 1985) Cited 49 timesHolding "[e]vidence of the public's understanding of term," for purposes of establishing if mark is descriptive, "may be obtained from any competent source, including .^.^. dictionaries"
H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. International Ass'n of Fire Chiefs, Inc.
782 F.2d 987 (Fed. Cir. 1986) Cited 46 times 8 Legal AnalysesReversing 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 23 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that an earlier precedential decision is binding precedent on later panels
In re 1800Mattress.Com IP, LLC
586 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2009) Cited 12 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding "MATTRESS.COM" generic in relation to online retail store services in the field of mattresses was supported by substantial evidence
In re Reed
482 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2007) Cited 14 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Board properly considered websites containing "lawyer.com" or "lawyers.com" in their domain names to determine what the relevant public would understand LAWYERS.COM to mean
Section 1091 - Supplemental register
15 U.S.C. § 1091 Cited 80 timesStating that marks registered on the Supplemental Register "must be capable of distinguishing the applicant's goods or services"