Public Perception, Not Per Se Rules, Determines Registrability of Marks with Generic Terms

Today in U.S.P.T.O v. Booking.com B.V., the Supreme Court rejected the USPTO’s position that BOOKING.COM was unregistrable because it merely a combination of a generic term and a tld designator.  The Supreme Court rejected the application of a per se … Continue reading Public Perception, Not Per Se Rules, Determines Registrability of Marks with Generic Terms