Timberland Loses Fourth Circuit Bid to Protect Trade Dress for Iconic Boots
Briefly

The features of the applied-for boot design as a whole do what these features are supposed to do in any good boot: they make it comfortable, they make it durable, they make it waterproof, and they make it suitable for its intended uses.
While Timberland's brand name is still protected as a trademark, the widely recognized boot design is not. The boot's design lacks 'a distinctive meaning' that identifies them as Timberlands, falling short of being 'distinguishable' for full trademark protection.
Read at IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
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