Posts Tagged: Lee v Tam
Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to Additional Constitutional Challenges to the Lanham Act
The Supreme Court ruled that the anti-disparagement clause in the Lanham Act violates the Free Speech Clause in the First Amendment. Matal v. Tam. As a result, …
Supreme Court says disparagement clause violates the First Amendment Free Speech Clause
Earlier this morning the United States Supreme Court delivered a much-anticipated decision in Matal v. Tam, the trademark case that asks whether a disparaging trademark can be …
Frankly My Dear I Don’t Give a Tam: The Oddball Consequences of In re Tam
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on the cloudy Wednesday morning of January 18, 2017. Although the Justices posed tough questions and intricate hypotheticals to both sides, the tone …
Other Barks & Bites for Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
On the menu this week for Other Barks & Bites, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case challenging the Lanham Act’s disparagement provision, a six-figure …
Supreme Court to decide if disparagement provision in the Lanham Act is invalid under the First Amendment?
Based on the question presented in Lee v. Tam, the Supreme Court made clear that its grant of review is only as to the disparagement provision in …
Supreme Court to Consider “Disparaging” Trademarks
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday to review a Federal Circuit ruling that held unconstitutional a law prohibiting registration of trademarks that “may disparage” people or …
