17 October 2017Trademarks
AIPPI 2017: Simon Tam on ‘The Slants’ case and his love of Ruth Ginsburg
“How do you win a US Supreme Court case? Stop thinking like an attorney, and start thinking like an activist.”
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19 June 2017 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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20 June 2017 The Washington Redskins, a National Football League (NFL) team, are also winners in a ruling handed down by the US Supreme Court, according to lawyers.
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18 December 2017 The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the Lanham Act’s ban on “scandalous and immoral” trademarks is unconstitutional, in a decision handed down late last week.