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10 October 2016Trademarks

WIPR survey: Readers weigh in on Slants trademark dispute

WIPR readers have said that section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is not “facially invalid under the free speech clause of the First Amendment”, in a reference to the In re Tam trademark case.

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