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by Jay Marshall Wolman Free speech and the Lanham Act (the federal law dealing with trademarks) has been a hot topic of late. There are two high profile matters in separate courts of appeals challenging the constitutionality of Section 2(a), which prohibits the registration of disparaging marks. In the Federal Circuit is the matter In […]. trademark First Amendment MORE
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by Jay Marshall Wolman Last week, I wrote about a potential implication from In re: Tam, based upon the hypothetical from a dissenting judge about a business calling itself “Spics Not Welcome” There is a significant tension in the law between freedom of speech, which includes the right to offend, and anti-discrimination laws. MORE
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He writes about a case where the Court determined that trademark rule that has lead to the denial or rejection of trademarks deemed ot be disparaging was ruled to be an unconstitutional infringement on Free Speech. Three members of the court agreed that the bar to registering Mr. Tam’s mark was unconstitutional as applied to him, because he was engaging in political speech, which is at the heart of the First Amendment. MORE
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