The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to decide whether generic terms can be trademarked if they’re followed by .com or another top-level domain.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office argues that Booking.com is a generic mark that cannot be registered with the PTO, because it would discourage other booking services from using “booking” as part of their domain names.

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