Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.
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- Type
- Lead opinion
- Filed
- June 30, 2020
- Case
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. *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-reservatio…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Lead opinion | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | June 30, 2020 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | June 30, 2020 |
| Concurrence | Sonia Sotomayor | June 30, 2020 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | June 30, 2020 |
| Dissent | Stephen Gerald Breyer | June 30, 2020 |