Wani shari'a da aka yi a safiyar yau a kotun kolin Amurka ya kafa tarihi. A karon farko cikin shekaru 230, Kotun ta dauki bakuncin muhawara ta baka ta yanar gizo. Wannan ya bawa mutane daga ko'ina cikin duniya damar kunna - a ainihin lokacin. Ko da yake ɗayan shari'ar da aka ji ba ta da hankali sosai a cikin kafofin watsa labaru, hakika lamari ne mai mahimmancin alamar kasuwanci shine US Patent Office v. Booking.com.
Fara Sunderji abokin tarayya ne a kamfanin lauyoyi na duniya Dorsey & Whitney. Sunderji yana da ƙware mai yawa a cikin dukkan matakai na tsarin sarrafa alamar, gami da zaɓin alamar kasuwanci, ba da izini, gabatar da ƙara, kiyayewa da tilastawa da ƙararraki. Ta kasance tana sauraron muhawara kai tsaye a safiyar yau daga New York kuma ta sami damar tattara tunaninta a ainihin lokacin.
"Muhawarar ta kasance mai cike da raye-raye tare da tambayoyi da yawa daga alkalai, har ma daga mai shari'a Thomas. Tambayarsa ta ƙarshe ita ce a cikin Maris na 2019, shekaru uku bayan ta baya. Kamar yadda aka saba a cikin sabon aikin-daga-gida, gardamar ba ta tafi ba tare da ƴan fasa-kwaurin fasaha ba, ciki har da Justice Sotomayor ta fara neman ta yayin da har yanzu tana cikin bebe, rashin ingancin sauti daga Justice Breyer kuma gardamar ta gudana kusan 15. mintuna fiye da yadda aka tsara,” in ji Sunderji.
"Yayin da wasu kafafen yada labarai suka siffanta jigon wannan shari'ar a matsayin mai karancin bayanan martaba, hakika yana da ban sha'awa sosai saboda wasu 'yan dalilai. Babu shakka, wannan shi ne karo na farko da Kotun Koli ta yada wata hujja ta baka kai tsaye a cikin tarihinta na shekaru 230.
"Al'amarin shine game da ko kamfani na iya samun kariya ta alamar kasuwanci akan lokaci na gaba (booking) lokacin da suka ƙara .com kuma jama'a sun zo gane adireshin gidan yanar gizon a matsayin keɓaɓɓen gano alama ɗaya. Yawancin muhawarar sun mayar da hankali kan abin da ya faru a karkashin shari'ar Goodyear, inda kotun Koli wanda aka gudanar a cikin 1888 cewa haɗa jumlar jumla tare da ƙirar kamfani (misali, Kamfani) ba zai iya ƙirƙirar alamar kasuwanci mai karewa ba.
"Alkalan sun kuma mayar da hankali kan binciken da Booking.com ya gudanar, wani bincike na salon Teflon na gargajiya, wanda ya nuna kashi 75% na masu amsa suna kallon Booking.com a matsayin suna. Karatun ganyen shayin, tambayoyi masu tsauri sun kasance a bangaren USPTO, amma abin jira a gani shine ko kotun koli za ta baiwa Booking.com haƙƙin alamar kasuwanci da ta daɗe tana nema,” in ji Sunderji.
