U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property
Dec. 4, 2019
PTO has booked a trip to the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari on a petition filed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review whether BOOKING.COM is a registrable trademark.
Sarah S. Brooks
Partner
Venable LLP
Adam W. Kwon
Associate
Venable LLP
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari on a petition filed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review whether BOOKING.COM is a registrable trademark. The PTO is challenging Booking.com's trademark application on the grounds that the mark is generic as applied to travel booking services. The court's decision will be instructive in the protection of domain names going forward. The question is whether two generic terms -- "booking" and ".com" -- are distinctive...
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