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Bookings.com: Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Rule on Generic Terms

By Lauren Rucinski on July 9, 2020
Posted in Trademarks

In United States Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.,[1] SCOTUS held that a mark styled as “generic.com” is eligible for federal trademark registration if the applicant shows  “generic.com” is not a generic name to consumers. Although the Court did not expressly say so, this decision chips away…

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