Re: Actually seems reasonble
Copyright, Trademark, & Patents.
Ignoring fair use, the Ford logo can't be used by anyone else as it's copyright.
Patents? Go get a license from Ford (or wait for them to expire).
Trademark I thought was for a specific use. So (crude example) Ford the vehicle company has no hold over Ford the turnip farm as there is no way in heck anyone would confuse the two. If Ford the turnip farm branched out into tractors and started selling the "Ford Tractor" then things would get interesting.
I see little issue with TMing "booking.com" and only that, no expansion allowed; "abooking.com", "bookings.com", "booking.biz" etc? All not covered by the trademark. Just like the restaurant "1 Park Lane" would have no hold over the greasy spoon at "2 Park Lane", "1 Park Way" or "1 Lark Lane".
If there are attempts to pass-off "booking.biz" as "booking.com", then you go after them under copyright. The colours, logo, closeness of name etc would all seem to be a better fit for those laws than trademark. Of course, if "booking.biz" is a book-binding company and hee-haw to do with travel, then Booking.com are s.o.l.
IANAL
Biting the hand that feeds IT
