Posts Tagged: slants
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 Rocks the Trademark Office in ‘Slants’ Case
After a streak of six patent decisions uniformly overruling the Federal Circuit, and for the first time all term, the Supreme Court finally handed the Federal Circuit …
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 …
Amid Cultural Debate on Political Correctness, Trademarks with Racial Overtones Look Set for Supreme Court
Two cases making their way through the Federal courts may force the Supreme Court to consider the issue of what sorts of trademarks should be considered “disparaging,” …
