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Supreme Court rules generic website names can be trademarked

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The Supreme Court has ruled that website names are trademarkable even if they consist of a generic term followed by ".com." The ruling means that Booking.com is eligible for a trademark on the generic name that's associated with its domain. Booking.c...

Supreme Court broadcasts oral arguments live for the first time

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dragged the US Supreme Court into the modern era, if just for a little while. The institution has held oral arguments for a case (Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com) over teleconference for the first time, including...

Trump to announce his SCOTUS pick tonight via Facebook Live

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Donald Trump will announce his nominee for the vacant Supreme Court Justice seat tonight via Facebook Live. The stream begins at 8pm Eastern via the POTUS Facebook channel. As CNN reports, both candidates (Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman) have appar...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on marriage equality

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According to a press release, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the marriage equality case filed by Hazel Park, Michigan nurses April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse.  The two women are asking...