Trademarks pairing generic terms with top-level domains (i.e., BOOKING.COM) are not per se generic, the Supreme Court held earlier this week in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V. These “generic.com” marks can serve as source identifiers and are registerable at the USPTO. This decision protects hundreds, if not thousands, of existing federal trademark
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