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←2020→Months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun JulAug Sep Oct Nov Dec Click the comments link on any story to see comments or add your own. Subscribe to this blog RSS feed	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 todayby the U.S. Supreme Court, the court decided 8-1 that online travel agent Booking.comcould 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: 15:16 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/booking.html	Topics Copyright Law - 32 Email - 228 ICANN - 128 Internet - 74 Money - 31 Security - 4 My other sites Who is this guy? Airline ticket info Taughannock Networks Other blogs CAUCEHow Harassment Shaped the Internet75 days ago A keen grasp of the obviousGardening is hard359 days ago Related sites Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Network Abuse Clearinghouse My Mastodon feed

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