The booking.com case is first oral argument in US Supreme Court by teleconference. Part of the “new normal.” The remote argument, that is, not the claim that adding “.com” makes a generic mark a protected one.

International Trademark Association (INTA)

The United States Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments remotely for the first time ever. The first case is U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking .com B.V., whether generic terms can become protected trademarks by the addition of a generic “.com” domain. Listen live: https://lnkd.in/dgukSvd

Listen Live: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Remotely

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