Legal Opinion
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 2020No. 19-46PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
*2301This 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, the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) refused registration.
A generic name-the name of a class of products or services-is ineligible for federal trademark registration. The word "booking," the parties do not dispute, is generic for hotel-reservation services. "Booking.com" must also be generic,…
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