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The chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. All persons having business before the honorable Supreme Court of the United States or admonished to get their attention. We will hear the argument this morning takes 1946 the United States patent and Trademark Office versus booking. Com. Mr. Chief justice, and may i please the court, it is a principle of the trademark law no party can continue for a generic term like wine or green. The act confirmed the generic term is never entitled to trademark protection matter how much money and effort the user has poured into promoting the merchandise and what success it has achieved in the public identification. In other words, the meetings require distinctiveness and irrelevant to the generic terms. It is undisputed that its generic for the Reservation Service responding. Respondents could entirely register and the quick filed the addition of the designation like company or ca doesnt have a taxable mark. Thats b
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