In Re Reed Elsevier Properties

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that LAWYERS.COM is generic for services provided by lawyers for “providing an online interactive database featuring information exchange in the fields of law, legal news, and legal services” encompasses the generic services provided by lawyers
• affirming that LAWYERS.COM is generic where lawyers were an “integral, if not the paramount, aspect” of the information services provided on the website
• stating that a court may also examine “purchaser testimony, consumer surveys, dictionary definitions, trade journals, newspapers, and other publications”
• avoiding the word “lawyers” in the identification 16 Dec. 4, 2014 Office action. -8- Serial No. 86362968 of services
• affirming this tribunal’s finding that applicant’s provision of information regarding the law, legal news and legal services necessarily includes providing information about lawyers notwithstanding applicant’s deletion of those services from its recitation.
• \third-party websites are competent sources to show what the relevant public would understand a term to mean\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re: Cordua Restaurants, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-05-13· cited 132×
• In Re Hotels.com, L.P.
  Federal Circuit· 2009-07-23· cited 50×
• In Re 1800Mattress. Com IP, LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2009-11-06· cited 34×
• Advertise. Com, Inc. v. AOL Advertising, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-03· cited 27×
• Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2014-01-17· cited 13×
• Booking.com B.V. v. Matal
  E.D. Virginia· 2017-08-09· cited 8×
• Hotels.com, L.P.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2008-03-24
• Tires, Tires, Tires, Inc.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2009-11-04
• Wm. B. Coleman Co., Inc.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2010-03-04
• Jonathan Drew, Inc. d/b/a Drew Estate
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2011-01-28
• Corporacion Habanos, S.A. v. Guantanamera Cigars, Inc.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2012-02-16
• Compania de Licores Internacionales S.A.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2012-03-20
• The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama and Mr. Paul W. Bryant Jr. v. William Pitts Jr. and Christopher Blackburn
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2013-07-23
• ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2014-07-09
• Meridian Rack & Pinion dba buyautoparts.com
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2015-04-21
• Morgan Brown
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2016-07-14
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2019-01-11
• Virtual Independent Paralegals, LLC
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2019-03-27
• Katch, LLC
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2019-06-20
• Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. v. United States Auto Club Inc
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board· 2019-06-05

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc
  Federal Circuit· 1987-09-17· cited 149×
• The H. Marvin Ginn Corporation v. The International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1986-01-23· cited 134×
• In re STEELBUILDING.COM
  Federal Circuit· 2005-07-11· cited 98×
• In Re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corporation (Serial No. 75/131,355)
  Federal Circuit· 2001-02-13· cited 97×
• In Re the American Fertility Society (Now Known as American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
  Federal Circuit· 1999-08-19· cited 59×