29 September 2016Trademarks
SCOTUS to review Slants, but not Redskins, case
The US Supreme Court has revealed that it will take up the In re Tam trademark dispute, a case centring on US rock band The Slants.
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18 January 2017 The US Supreme Court is due to hear oral arguments today in the Lee v Tam trademark dispute, which centres on rock band The Slants.
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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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