ThumbDrive maker finally wins trademark

摘要

You Could have knocked me over with a memory stick when word arrived here recently that the government's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that "thumb drive" is not a generic term and therefore ThumbDrive is worthy of trademark protection. This decree - a reversal of multiple previous decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - may come as news to writers and editors at PCWorld, CNET, PCMag.com, ZDNet, LifeHacker, Wired and Engadget, all of whom have abused their "thumb drives" in the past two weeks, according to my casual check.