By way of John L. Welch’s The TTABlog comes word of a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denying Reed Elsevier’s application to trademark the name “Lawyers.com.” In the decision, In re Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., the TTAB affirmed an examiner’s refusal of the registration on the ground that the name is generic.
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Gary Fusfield · February 2, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Gary Fusfield of Texas is the original registrant (circa 1994) and sole proprietor of the following Domain Names:
lawyer.net ℠
lawyers.net ℠
lawyer.org ℠
lawyers.org ℠
The Internet Bar Association ℠ @LAWYERS.ORG ℠ went online in April of 1996.