Law 360: Supreme Court Will Hear ‘Scandalous’ Trademark Case

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aw 360 reports that “less than two years after ruling that a federal ban on racist trademark registrations violated the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case that will decide whether a similar rule banning “scandalous” material is also unconstitutional.”

Catch up on this issue with our coverage of the 2017 “Slants” decision here: Band Not Banned: High Court Finds Unconstitutional Trademark Office’s Basis for Refusal to Register THE SLANTS Trademark

Filed in: Legal Blog

January 4, 2019

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