For example, the term "Computer" is a generic term for computer equipment. Generic marks are entitled to no protection under trademark law. Thus, a manufacturer selling "Computer" brand computers (or ...

Suppose that you have obtained a U.S. trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Can ...

Some words that have become generic trademarks include escalator, thermos and bubble wrap. Here are 10 more brand names that you might be surprised to learn are used as generic terms in Hong Kong ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Trademark Trial & Appeal Board rulings, finding that a previously generic term was ...

A second jury has found Dean Guitars guilty of trademark infringement of Gibson’s guitar designs. But the verdict is not a ...

Sazerac Brands LLC’s ‘Fireball’ trademark isn’t a generic term for cinnamon-flavored whiskey, but is too weak to bar a distiller from registering “Bullshine Firebull,” the Federal Circuit affirmed in ...

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the validity of liquor maker Sazerac's trademark for its Fireball cinnamon whisky, ...

Wednesday issued a precedential decision affirming a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decision that the mark FIREBALL is not generic but also that a competing mark was not likely to cause ...