Posts Tagged: SLANTS Case
Cleveland Indians to Stop Using Chief Wahoo Logo in 2019
The Cleveland Indians are planning to stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on their uniforms or on signage at the stadium starting in 2019. As a longtime source …
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 …
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 …
Offensive Trademark Applications Suspended by USPTO Until Supremes Rule on In re Tam
In anticipation of Supreme Court review of Tam, the Commissioner has issued an informal directive to trademark examiners that any application for a mark that is potentially …
Talking Trademarks: An Exclusive Interview with INTA’s Debbie Cohn
What follows is our wide ranging discussion, which start out with what Cohn is doing with INTA and then moves into an in depth discussion of issues …
Statute Barring Registration of Disparaging Trademarks Upended
Tam appealed to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”), but the Board affirmed the Trademark Examiner’s refusal to register the mark. The Board found …
Bad News for the Redskins Trademark – Registration Exempt from First Amendment Scrutiny
Last Wednesday the Eastern District of Virginia issued its opinion and order on cross-motions for summary judgment in Pro-Football v. Blackhorse, the case in which the National …
