Domain name values affected by hotels.com decision?

Domain name owners will be interested in the ruling of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitIn re Hotels,com, L.P. that the domain name “hotels.com” could not be trademarked.In a decision that will affect any of the hundreds of millions of domain name owners who wish to obtain a US trademark for the domain name under which they conduct business online, the court found that the mark was too generic.The ruling affirmed the earlier decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U

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Domain name values affected by hotels.com decision?