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On Summary Judgment, TTAB Finds "BRIDGELOAN.COM" to be Generic for Commercial Lending Services

Granting a motion for summary judgment, the Board not surprisingly found the term BRIDGELOAN.COM to be generic for "financial services, namely commercial lending services," and ordered Respondent's registration cancelled. East West Bank v. BridgeLoan Investors, Inc., Cancellation No. 92047561 (June 13, 2008) [not precedential].News articles submitted by Petitioner demonstrated that the term "is used in the financial industry and would be perceived by the relevant public, namely potential buyers bridge loans, as a short-term loan." In addition, Petitioner submitted dictionary definitions of "bridge loan" and third-party registrations in which "bridge loan" appears in the recitation of services.Registrant lamely argued that the term BRIDGELOAN...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).