Outside.com received a registration certificate from the USPTO, for the matching mark: OUTSIDE.COM.
The trademark was issued for on-line retail store services featuring live plants; Operating an on-line shopping site in the field of live plants. The registrant cited 2018 as the year of first use for the mark. This indicates that a domain sale might have occurred at the time.
We referenced the application for the registration of OUTSIDE.COM last August, following the positive SCOTUS decision on the BOOKING.COM mark debacle.
OUTSIDE.COM is now a registered trademark
Why was OUTSIDE.COM applied for as a trademark at the USPTO?
It’s an ongoing trend among owners of generic domain names, following the decision by SCOTUS on the Booking.com trademark application.
Since then, dozens of generic domain names have been applied to be registered as trademarks, inclusive of the TLD. We keep track of these applications, and so far none has been decided upon.
As of January 5th, 2021, BOOKING.COM is a registered trademark with the USPTO.
Will these applications become the new norm? Watch this video from NamesCon Online 2020.
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