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· 11/6/2009

In Re 1800Mattress. Com IP, LLC

Citations

  • 586 F.3d 1359
  • 92 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1682
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24383
  • 2009 WL 3681828

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • applying a two-step genericness inquiry, asking in part whether the term sought to be registered is (Continued
  • applying a two-step genericness inquiry, asking in part whether the term sought to be registered is \understood by the relevant public to refer to that genus of goods or services\
  • the term mattress.com is generic for “online retail store services in the field of mattresses, beds, and bedding”
  • “[A]ny term that the relevant public understands to refer to the genus … is generic.”
  • MATTRESS.COM generic and unregistrable under Section 23(c) for “online retail store services in the field of mattresses, beds, and bedding”
  • “[A]ny term that the relevant public understands to refer to the genus … is generic.”

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Judges: Lourie, Friedman, Prost

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