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IN RE HOTELS.COM, L.P.

No. 2008-1429. No. 78/277,681.

573 F.3d 1300 (2009)

In re HOTELS.COM, L.P.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary D. Krugman, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, of Washington, DC, for appellant.

Raymond T. Chen, Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia, for the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With him on the brief were Christina J. Hieber and Thomas V. Shaw, Associate Solicitors. Of counsel was Michael Webster, of Alexandria, Virginia.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, and GAJARSA Circuit Judges.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Hotels.com, L.P. ("the applicant") applied to register the service mark HOTELS.COM in Class 43, for the services of "providing information for others about temporary lodging; travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for temporary lodging for others by means of telephone and the global computer network." The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB" or "Board") refused the registration on the ground that the mark is a generic...

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