No. 19-46
 
Title: United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al., Petitioners
v.
Booking.com B.V.
Docketed: July 8, 2019
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-2458, 17-2459)
   Decision Date: February 4, 2019
   Rehearing Denied: April 5, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 05 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2019)
Petition Proof of Service
Aug 07 2019 Brief of respondent Booking.com B.V. in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 21 2019 Reply of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count
Oct 09 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
Nov 04 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
Nov 08 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 09 2019 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Dec 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.
Jan 06 2020 Joint appendix filed.
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Jan 06 2020 Brief of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed.
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Jan 13 2020 Brief amici curiae of Trademark Scholars in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 13 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 13 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 31 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 23, 2020.
Feb 12 2020 Brief of respondent Booking.com B.V. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Feb 19 2020 CIRCULATED
Feb 19 2020 Brief amici curiae of Trademark and Internet Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amici curiae of Salesforce.com, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amici curiae of Survey Scholars and Consultants filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Association of Amicus Counsel filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amici curiae of Professor Peter N. Golder, Ph.D., and other Marketing Academics filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Internet Commerce Association filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 19 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of .Com Brand Owners filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 20 2020 The record is located on PACER. Sealed record material from the USCA 4th Circuit electronically received.
Mar 13 2020 Reply of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 16 2020 ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED.
Apr 13 2020 Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020.
Apr 15 2020 RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, May 4, 2020.
May 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.
Jun 30 2020 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion 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.
Aug 03 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Lisa Schiavo Blatt
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
lblatt@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: Booking.com B.V.


Jonathan E. Moskin
Foley & Lardner LLP
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-1314
jmoskin@foley.com
Ph: 212-682-7474
Party name: Booking.com B.V.


Other Attorneys
Erik Paul Belt
Counsel of Record
McCarter & English, LLP
265 Franklin Street, 14th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
ebelt@mccarter.com
Ph: 617-449-6500
Party name: Boston Patent Law Association


Megan L. Brown
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
1776 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
MBrown@wiley.law
Ph: (202) 719-7000
Party name: Internet Commerce Association


Michael Carl Cannata
Counsel of Record
Rivkin Radler, LLP
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
michael.cannata@rivkin.com
Ph: 516-357-3000
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association


Thad Chaloemtiarana
Counsel of Record
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hillard and Geraldson, LLP
200 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60606-5896
tc@pattishall.com
Ph: 3125548000
Party name: Coalition of .Com Brand Owners


Margaret M. Duncan
Counsel of Record
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
25 E Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
mduncan@luc.edu
Ph: 312 915 7120
Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago


Mark David Harris
Counsel of Record
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, NY 10036
mharris@proskauer.com
Ph: 212-969-3530
Party name: Survey Scholars and Consultants


Richard Charles Henn Jr.
Counsel of Record
Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP
1100 Peachtree Street
Suite 2800
Atlanta, GA 30309
chenn@kilpatricktownsend.com
Ph: 404-815-6572
Party name: Professor Peter N. Golder, Ph.D., and other Marketing Academics


Thomas G. Hungar
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
thungar@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 2029558500
Party name: Salesforce.com, Inc. and The Home Depot, Inc.


John Michael Jakes
Counsel of Record
Finnegan, Henderson, et al.
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-4413
mike.jakes@finnegan.com
Ph: 202 408 4045
Party name: Trademark and Internet Law Professors


Charles E. Miller
Counsel of Record
Leichtman Law PLLC
228 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
charles.miller@cmilleriplaw.com
Ph: 2124195210
Party name: The Association of Amicus Counsel


Eric Robert Moran
Counsel of Record
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
moran@mbhb.com
Ph: (312) 913-0001
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Assoc


Alexandra Helen Moss
Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
alex@eff.org
Ph: 4154369333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation


Lawrence K. Nodine
Counsel of Record
Ballard Spahr, LLP
999 Peachtree St., Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30309
nodinel@ballardspahr.com
Ph: (678) 420-9422
Party name: The International Trademark Association


Rebecca Leah Tushnet
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School
1575 Massachusetts Ave.
Hauser 520
Cambridge, MA 02138
rtushnet@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 703-593-6759
Party name: Trademark Scholars


Craig Brian Whitney
Counsel of Record
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz P.C.
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
cwhitney@fkks.com
Ph: 212-826-5583
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association