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<p>Hi All,<br>
If you are following trademark/domain name cases, today's US Supreme Court argument was special. It is whether the US Trademark Office's rejection of booking.com as a generic term was legal. American University Washington College of Law is having a discussion this afternoon -- including with representatives of members of this Working Group!<br>
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Registration link for Zoom room below. 5-6pm Eastern today.<br>
Best, Kathy<br>
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> PIJIP Presents<br>
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> IP at the Supreme Court Series:<br>
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> United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V.<br>
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> Monday, May 4, 2020<br>
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> 5:00-6:00pm<br>
><br>
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> Due to health and safety concerns, this panel discussion will take<br>
> place online.<br>
><br>
><br>
> REGISTER HERE<<a href="http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1z9gbq-msso4j-99zsah85/" target="_blank">http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1z9gbq-msso4j-99zsah85/</a>><br>
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> Featured Panelist:<br>
> Cara Gagliano, Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
><br>
> Jake Linford, Professor, Florida State University<br>
><br>
> Martin Schwimmer, Partner, Leason Ellis<br>
><br>
> Rebecca Tushnet, Professor, Harvard University Law School<br>
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> Moderated by,<br>
> Christine Farley, Professor, Washington College of Law<br>
> ________________________________<br>
><br>
> The case on the Supreme Court’s docket this year that the trademark<br>
> bar is most excited about is U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v.<br>
> Booking.com. The case will be the first occasion for the Court to<br>
> opine on generic marks since it decided “shredded wheat” was generic<br>
> in 1983. And this case raises the genericness doctrine in the<br>
> context of a domain name. Respondent Booking.com operates a website<br>
> that allows customers to book travel and hotel accommodations. The<br>
> U.S.P.T.O. refused registration of booking.com finding it to be<br>
> generic and therefore barred by the Lanham Act. The Court of Appeals<br>
> for the Fourth Circuit ruled that Booking.com is a protectable<br>
> trademark. Now the Supreme Court will decide if the addition of<br>
> “.com” to an otherwise generic term can create a protectable<br>
> trademark.<br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
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> PIJIP'S IP AT THE SUPREME COURT SERIES<br>
><br>
> American University Washington College of Law regularly invites<br>
> counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer<br>
> post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related)<br>
> cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the<br>
> afternoon of oral argument before the Court.<br>
><br>
> MORE INFORMATION ON PIJIP EVENTS<br>
> HERE.<<a href="http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1z9gbq-msso4k-99zsah86/" target="_blank">http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1z9gbq-msso4k-99zsah86/</a>><br></p>
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