Booking.com Wins Supreme Court Case to Trademark Its Name

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the 8-1 decision

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the online travel site Booking.com in a ruling that will allow the brand to trademark its name.

Booking.com was originally denied the trademark by the United States Patent and Trademark Office under the argument that “booking” was too broad and general of a term for a trademark. But after the ruling, Booking.com is now allowed to hold the trademark of its name, so long as there’s a “.com” at the end of it.

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