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15 March 2016Trademarks

USPTO must publish ‘The Slants’ application, band tells CAFC

US rock band The Slants has urged an appeals court to force the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to act on the court’s ruling and process a trademark application by the band for its name.

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Federal Circuit orders the USPTO to respond to The Slants’ writ
16 March 2016   The US Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to not process ‘The Slants’ trademark application came under fire yesterday after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit demanded it to respond to the band’s request to publish the mark for opposition.
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Federal Circuit rejects Slants writ
31 March 2016   The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected a request by rock band The Slants to order the US Patent and Trademark Office to process a trademark application.
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USPTO asks Supreme Court to hear The Slants case
21 April 2016   The US Patent and Trademark Office has petitioned the US Supreme Court, asking it to review a lower court decision that said denying rock band The Slants a trademark for its name would violate First Amendment rights.


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