Could Booking acquire an 800 number that’s a vanity number, 1-800-booking for example, that is similar to 1-800-plumbing, which is a registered mark?
— Justice Clarence Thomas, asking a question during the Supreme Court’s first remote oral argument session. The high court audiostreamed live oral arguments from afar for the first time in history due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This is first time Thomas has spoken from the bench since March 2019. Before that, he asked a question during oral argument in 2016. Prior to that, he went for 10 years without speaking while oral arguments were in session.
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