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Since the decision by SCOTUS on the Booking.com case, many registrants of generic domain names have applied to register marks. These marks contain the fully qualifying domain, including the TLD. We keep track of these applications, and report on them. ...
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October 28, 2020 DomainGang
booking.com, Domain Law, generic domain names, generic domains, SCOTUS, uspto, USPTO guidelines
A trademark application for SLAPS.COM at the USPTO is a positive indicator that the domain Slaps.com was recently sold. The application for the registration of the SLAPS.COM mark was made with an “intent to use” clause. The domain Slaps.com...
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October 20, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, SCOTUS, slaps domain, Slaps.com, uspto
A fresh trademark application for BIRTHSTONE.COM at the USPTO is a positive indicator that the domain Birthstone.com was recently sold. The application for the registration of the BIRTHSTONE.COM mark was made with a date of first use being May 17, 2020...
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October 19, 2020 DomainGang
Birthstone.com, Domain Law, SCOTUS, uspto
A fresh trademark application for CART.COM at the USPTO is a positive indicator that the domain Cart.com was recently sold. The aged domain listed for sale through the Uniregistry Market platform, along with Afternic. The application for the registrati...
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October 12, 2020 DomainGang
Cart.com, Domain Law, SCOTUS, uspto
Trending: Companies operating generic domains file for trademark registration at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO.) Following the green light by SCOTUS on the Booking.com case, numerous such applications have been filed, and we ke...
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October 1, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, Give.com, Givelify, uspto
Trending: Companies operating generic domains file for trademark registration at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO.) Following the green light by SCOTUS on the Booking.com case, numerous such applications have been filed, and we ke...
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September 23, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, SCOTUS, teddy, teddy.com, uspto
Trending: Companies operating generic domains file for trademark registration at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO.) Following the green light by SCOTUS on the Booking.com case, numerous such applications have been filed, and we ke...
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September 22, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, honey.com, SCOTUS, uspto
The registrant of the domain Thesaurus.com has applied for a federal trademark registration at the USPTO. The same company operates Dictionary.com, and they have applied for the registration of that mark as well. The application for THESAURUS.COM incor...
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September 14, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, generic domains, Thesaurus.com, uspto
Single letter dot .com domains are impossible to register or acquire; in fact, only X.com and Z.com are officially registered. The rest of the domains are with the IANA, in reserved status. But what about C.COM, you might ask, how is it possible that t...
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September 2, 2020 DomainGang
C.COM, Compare.com, Domain Law, SCOTUS, trademark application, uspto
The registrants of the domain Porn.com have filed for the registration of the matching trademark, both as a stylized logo and as the “PORN.COM” wordmark. The two separate applications were filed at the USPTO on June 30th, citing first use o...
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July 29, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Law, PORN.COM, PORN.COM trademark, uspto