“Big win for trademark owners” as Google prevails over genericide attack
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has confirmed that “‘verb use does not necessarily constitute generic use” and affirmed a district court judgment in favour of Google in an action seeking cancellation of the GOOGLE mark on the ground that it is generic. One industry commentator argues that other big brands have "a lot of reason to cheer" the ruling.
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