genericness

(203) Genericness is determined by asking first what the genus of goods is, and then whether the term sought to be registered is understood by the relevant public as referring primarily to that genus.

Her simplified barns, cottages, and beach shacks hail from an indistinct time period, lending their appealing scenes an edgy genericness. Subtle shifts in individual works render them sinister, kitschy, and/or sublime.

Some defenses--including genericness, abandonment, and functionality (at least mechanical functionality)--are really validity doctrines with all-or-nothing effect.

(22) England's dreary genericness, the sogginess of its unspecific foliage, causes the brilliantly detailed Caribbean to seem fantastical in contrast.

"This bill is a testament to genericness. It criminalises behaviour in such a way that people will have the threat of prosecution dangling over their heads every single day."

It is the questions' very genericness that will let you shine by thinking how you might answer them beforehand.

response, Lindows.com challenged the WINDOWS mark on genericness

The main drawback of this approach is that the polygon model would need to be simplified and exported by a specially developed tool in order to be used in WebGL, thus limiting genericness.

This consideration would allow branding and industry experts to offer relevant evidence on the genericness, functionality, descriptiveness, or parodic aspects of the trademark and the defendant's use.

routinely admitted in trademark and false advertising cases to show actual confusion, genericness of a name or secondary meaning, all of which depend on establishing that certain associations have been drawn in the public mind."); Nat'l Envelope Corp.

the Loglan trademark for genericness. (98) After the Board ruled for the