In an 8-1 decision released on June 30th, 2020, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that “Booking.com” is eligible for trademark registration. SCOTUS held that adding “.com” to a generic term does not per se result in a generic […]

On May 4th, 2020, for the first time in history, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the telephone and offered a live audio stream. In United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com, the question before the Court is whether Booking.com successfully established that it had acquired secondary meaning, which would support trademark protection for descriptive marks...

Supreme Court - On November 15, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. The questions before the Supreme Court are whether: (1) copyright protection extends to a software interface, and (2) Google”™s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use...

Supreme Court - On November 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com. The questions before the Supreme Court is whether an online business can create a protectable trademark by adding a generic top-level domain (e.g. “.com”) to an otherwise generic term...