per se rule
Rejection of USPTO's bright-line rule that generic term plus .com is automatically generic
United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V.
- Jurisdiction: United States (June 30, 2020)
- Defendants<![CDATA[Booking.com B.V.]]>Plaintiffs<![CDATA[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]>Prosecutors<![CDATA[Noel J. Francisco]]><![CDATA[Erica L. Ross]]><![CDATA[Sarah T. Harris]]><![CDATA[Thomas W. Krause]]>Plaintiff Attorneys<![CDATA[David H. Bernstein]]><![CDATA[Jared I. Kagan]]><![CDATA[Lisa S. Blatt]]><![CDATA[Sarah M. Harris]]>Judges<![CDATA[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]><![CDATA[John Roberts]]><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Samuel Alito]]><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]><![CDATA[Neil Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[Brett Kavanaugh]]><![CDATA[Stephen Breyer]]>Institutions<![CDATA[Supreme Court of the United States]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]]><![CDATA[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia]]><![CDATA[Trademark Trial and Appeal Board]]><![CDATA[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]><![CDATA[Debevoise & Plimpton LLP]]><![CDATA[Williams & Connolly LLP]]><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]>
- Case Tags: trademark law;generic.com;secondary meaning;per se rule