Virginia Federal Judge Directs Trademark Office To Register Booking.com

(August 10, 2017, 12:34 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In an Aug. 9 ruling, a Virginia federal judge declared “Booking.com” a descriptive trademark that has acquired secondary meaning in Class 43 for hotel reservation services (Booking.com B.V. v. Joseph Matal, No. 16-425, E.D. Va., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126320)....