United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V.

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-46	May 4, 2020	Jun 30, 2020	8-1	Ginsburg	OT 2019

Holding: A term styled "generic.com" is a generic name for a class of goods or services"and thus ineligible for federal trademark protection"only if the term has that meaning to consumers.

Judgment: Affirmed, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on June 30, 2020. Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Live blog of opinions (Update: Completed) (Kalvis Golde, June 30, 2020)
Opinion analysis: Court holds that generic.com marks may be registered trademarks or service marks when consumers do not perceive them as generic (Jessica Litman, June 30, 2020)
Argument analysis:A very orderly argument (Jessica Litman, May 5, 2020)
Educational seminar: Debrief of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com (Katie Bart, May 5, 2020)
A "view" from my laptop: Arguments.com (Mark Walsh, May 4, 2020)
Educational seminar: Preview of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com (Kalvis Golde, April 30, 2020)
Argument preview: Is Booking.com generic for online hotel reservation services? (Jessica Litman, April 28, 2020)
Court sets cases for May telephone arguments, will make live audio available (Amy Howe, April 13, 2020)
Justices postpone March argument session (Amy Howe, March 16, 2020)
Justices issue March argument calendar (Amy Howe, January 31, 2020)
Justices grant governments trademark petition (Amy Howe, November 8, 2019)
Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 6, 2019)
Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes, August 14, 2019)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/05/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2019)
08/07/2019	Brief of respondent Booking.com B.V. in opposition filed.
08/21/2019	Reply of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed.
10/09/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
11/04/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
11/08/2019	Petition GRANTED.
12/09/2019	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
12/10/2019	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 6, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 12, 2020.
01/06/2020	Joint appendix filed.
01/06/2020	Brief of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed.
01/13/2020	Brief amici curiae of Trademark Scholars in support of neither party filed.
01/13/2020	Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
01/13/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed.
01/31/2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 23, 2020.
02/12/2020	Brief of respondent Booking.com B.V. filed.
02/19/2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
02/19/2020	CIRCULATED
02/19/2020	Brief amici curiae of Trademark and Internet Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amici curiae of Salesforce.com, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amici curiae of Survey Scholars and Consultants filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Association of Amicus Counsel filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amici curiae of Professor Peter N. Golder, Ph.D., and other Marketing Academics filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Internet Commerce Association filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of .Com Brand Owners filed. (Distributed)
02/20/2020	The record is located on PACER. Sealed record material from the USCA 4th Circuit electronically received.
03/13/2020	Reply of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/16/2020	ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED.
04/13/2020	Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020.
04/15/2020	RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, May 4, 2020.
05/04/2020	Argued. For petitioners: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.
06/30/2020	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-46_8n59.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
08/03/2020	JUDGMENT ISSUED.