United States Patent And Trademark Office V Booking Com B V
The case came on a writ of certiorari.
United states patent and trademark office v booking com b v. Was argued before the supreme court of the united states on may 4 2020 during the court s october 2019 2020 term. Distributed for conference of 11 8 2019. Reply of petitioners united states patent and trademark office et al.
Patent and trademark office uspto four trademark applications for the use of booking com as a word mark and for stylized versions of the mark. Under the lanham act marks must be distinctive to be eligible for protection and generic terms are not distinctive. The court ruled that such names can be trademarked unless the existing combination of term and tld is considered to have a generic meaning to consumers.
Distributed for conference of 11 1 2019.