Issue:
Whether, when the Lanham Act states generic terms may not be registered as trademarks,
the addition by an online business of a generic top-level domain (“.com”) to an otherwise generic term
can create a protectable trademark.
1. generic term is a word or phrase that is used to describe some general or vague group or class,
rather than some specific thing.
2. cause of action: a fact or facts that enable a person to bring an action against another.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Argument analysis: A very orderly argument (Jessica Litman)
- Educational seminar: Debrief of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com (Katie Bart)
- A "view" from my laptop: Arguments.com (Mark Walsh)
- Educational seminar: Preview of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com (Kalvis Golde)
- Argument preview: Is “Booking.com” generic for online hotel reservation services? (Jessica Litman)
- Court sets cases for May telephone arguments, will make live audio available (Amy Howe)
- Justices postpone March argument session (Amy Howe)
- Justices issue March argument calendar (Amy Howe)
- Justices grant government’s trademark petition (Amy Howe)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood)
- Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes)