Trademark profs/attys: How would you classify “Thai Food Near Me” for a Thai restaurant on the Abercrombie spectrum? I think such terms should be classified as generic and not protectable under trademark law because granting exclusive rights could stifle commercial speech and fair competition.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23931825/google-search-local-seo-thai-food-near-me-maps
Lisa Ramsey /
npub1lz…sa8rf
2023-10-27 14:41:02
Author Public Key
npub1lzae2wrakevlpm9l400eaqls83adgudrrhalv2pm7zgcd4mkkndsksa8rfPublished at
2023-10-27 14:41:02Event JSON
{
"id": "c18fe1042f7e4daebf087eb89b041fc5171ff120160f37fd594be519c0f7c1bc",
"pubkey": "f8bb95387db659f0ecbfabdf9e83f03c7ad471a31dfbf6283bf09186d776b4db",
"created_at": 1698417662,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/users/lpramsey/statuses/111307499896977423",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "Trademark profs/attys: How would you classify “Thai Food Near Me” for a Thai restaurant on the Abercrombie spectrum? I think such terms should be classified as generic and not protectable under trademark law because granting exclusive rights could stifle commercial speech and fair competition. \nhttps://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23931825/google-search-local-seo-thai-food-near-me-maps",
"sig": "a9b08ad8d7abcb4e94efe8d847a549bb0fb74357ee75c674b1fe10a7ba29b3024fa223457df1dbb06dbda79749cf2d0fb5e3654bec7f77999349de7523b5874d"
}