U.S. Supreme Court to consider blocking Booking.com trademark


Reuters | Washington DC | Updated: 09-11-2019 01:25 IST | Created: 09-11-2019 01:24 IST
U.S. Supreme Court to consider blocking Booking.com trademark
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a bid by a federal agency to prevent the popular hotel reservation website Booking.com, a unit of Booking Holdings Inc, from trademarking the site's name, contending that it is too generic to deserve legal protection.

The justices will hear an appeal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the lower court decision allowing the trademark because by adding ".com" to the generic word "booking" it became eligible for a trademark.

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