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Old Dec 21, 2019, 12:57 pm
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Originally Posted by apodo77
Are you a lawyer?
I am, and this case is not particularly strong on the merits and raises First Amendment concerns. The booking.com case before the Supreme Court this term raises a far less frivolous claim and is itself a close call. If booking.com can't win arguing that it's trademark prevents a site called hotelbooking.com, it would seem to be impossible for the mere use of an adjective by Delta to be a trademark violation. That said, the case was assigned to a judge that is well-known for not abiding by supreme Court precedent so who knows....
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