19 June 2017Trademarks

SCOTUS deems disparaging TM ban unconstitutional

The US Supreme Court has deemed the government’s ban on disparaging trademarks unconstitutional, handing a win to rock band The Slants and overturning more than 70 years of legal practice.

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