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US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE v. BOOKING.COM B.V.

No. 19-46.

140 S.Ct. 2298 (2020)

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, et al., Petitioners v. BOOKING.COM B. V.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 30, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah T. Harris , General Counsel, Thomas W. Krause , Solicitor, Christina J. Hieber , Senior Counsel, Molly R. Silfen , Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Va., Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Malcolm L. Stewart , Deputy Solicitor General, Erica L. Ross , Assistant to the Solicitor, General, Mark R. Freeman , Daniel Tenny , Weili J. Shaw , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.

David H. Bernstein , Jared I. Kagan , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Jonathan E. Moskin , Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY, Lisa S. Blatt , Sarah M. Harris , Eden Schiffmann , John B. Swanson , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

For U.S. Supreme Court briefs, see: 2020 WL 1433997 (Reply.Brief) 2020 WL 114444 (Pet.Brief) 2020 WL 833244 (Resp.Brief)

This case concerns eligibility for federal trademark registration. Respondent Booking.com, an enterprise that maintains a travel-reservation website by the same name, sought to register the mark "Booking.com." Concluding that "Booking.com" is a generic name for online hotel-reservation services...

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