This blog has followed the evolving judicial views concerning disparaging trademarks, culminating in the Supreme Court’s decision in in Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744 (June 19, 2017)....more
1/8/2019
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Fashion Design ,
Fashion Industry ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The Supreme Court granted the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s petition for certiorari in In re Tam, 117 USPQ2d 1101 (Fed. Cir. 2016). In that case, the USPTO denied registration of an application to register the...more
10/3/2016
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First Amendment ,
Football ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
Music ,
Music Industry ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
In response to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) petition for writ of certiorari in to the U.S. Supreme Court In re Tam (“THE SLANTS” case), the owners of the Washington Redskins filed their own...more
5/2/2016
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Disparagement ,
Due Process ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Football ,
Native American Issues ,
NFL ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Redskins ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
On April 20, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Federal Circuit seeking Supreme Court review of that Court’s decision in In re Tam, 117 USPQ2d 1001...more
4/25/2016
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First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
Unconstitutional Condition ,
USPTO