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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
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	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.
	Main Document
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.
	Main Document Proof of Service
Jan 06 2020	Brief of petitioners United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service
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)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 19 2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 19 2020	Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
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.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record	Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov	202-514-2217
Party name: United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent
Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com	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	212-682-7474
Party name: Booking.com B.V.
Other
Erik Paul Belt Counsel of Record	McCarter & English, LLP 265 Franklin Street, 14th Floor Boston, MA 02110 ebelt@mccarter.com	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	(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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	(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	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	(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	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	212-826-5583
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association