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Pleasure to introduce three of americas leading trademark scholars, joining us today to understand the arguments you have just heard. Rebecca is the stanchion professor of the First Harvard Amendment Law school, file filing the brief of trademark scholars in the booking. Com case. Margaret duncan filed a brief in the in support of the respondents in booking. Com and she is the adjunct professor out of the Chicago School of law and she filed a brief on behalf of the intellectual Property Law Association of chicago, where she is vice chair of the amicus committee. Karin is the legal director of the Electronic Frontier foundation, filing a brief in support of the petitioner in booking. Com. Corinne,margaret, thank you to all of you for joining. Thank you. Wonderful. Lets begin with you. Congratulations, your brief was. Ited several times before delving into the but dots in the brief, tell us what this case was about. What were the main legal arguments on both sides . What are the stakes i
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Mr. Chief justice, and may i please the court, it is a fundamental principle of the trademark law no party can make a trademark for a generic term. As explained a generic term is never entitled to trademark protection no matter how much money and effort the user has poured into the merchandise and in securing public identification. In other words, second remaining as required for distinctiveness is simply irrelevant to the generic term. That principle here is undisputed that its generic for the Reservation Service is responding. They couldnt really register the name or the addition of an entity designation to an unprotected term doesnt create a protectable mark. Thats because the terms implicates those in the association oassociation or paro deal with the relevant goods. A doctor from obtaining a trademark enterprise and shorter party can monopolize a generic term. The result should apply to booking. Com. It is the online equivalent of company and can use only the services of a commerc
The chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. All persons having business before the honorable Supreme Court of the United States or admonished to get their attention. We will hear the argument this morning takes 1946 the United States patent and Trademark Office versus booking. Com. Mr. Chief justice, and may i please the court, it is a principle of the trademark law no party can continue for a generic term like wine or green. The act confirmed the generic term is never entitled to trademark protection matter how much money and effort the user has poured into promoting the merchandise and what success it has achieved in the public identification. In other words, the meetings require distinctiveness and irrelevant to the generic terms. It is undisputed that its generic for the Reservation Service responding. Respondents could entirely register and the quick filed the addition of the designation like company or ca doesnt have a taxable mark. Thats b