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Home 01 Jul 2020 Is Booking.com a generic term? Internet A fundamental rule of trademarks is that they have to be distinctive, and that nobody can register a trademark on a generic term like "wine" or "plastic." In a case decided today by the U.S. Supreme Court, the court decided 8-1 that online travel agent Booking.com could register its domain name as a trademark. In this case, I think the majority got it wrong, and Justice Breyer's lone dissent is correct. See more ...   posted at: 00:21 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/booking.html

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