The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Matal v. Tam sounded a death knell for the Lanham Act’s disparagement clause and has implications for whether the scandalous clause of the Lanham Act still ...

The decision in Matal v. Tam is a resounding reaffirmation of the First Amendment freedom of speech in a commercial context. The Supreme Court has spoken loud and clear that Section 2(a) of the Lanham ...

The Supreme Court’s June 19, 2017 decision in the Matal v. Tam case has been burning-up the news wires all week. The decision struck down a 70-year-old ban on federally registering disparaging ...

The Supreme Court of the United States decided in the case of Matal v. Tam Monday to strike down a key provision of the Lanham Act barring the United States Patent and Trademark Office from ...

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A recent Supreme Court ruling has opened the floodgates for trademark applications using obscene language. Vulgar trademarks suddenly have an unprecedented chance. The Supreme Court’s June ruling in ...

The long-awaited Supreme Court decision in Matal v Tam was handed down yesterday and immediately caused heated debate. Following our coverage of the decision, we approached a number of trademark ...

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Author’s Note: Because of the nature of the Matal v. Tam ruling and related cases, this story contains language that some readers may find offensive. Many of the trademark examples herein have been ...

The Supreme Court held today that the government can’t refuse to register trademarks because some may find the trademarked words offensive. The opinion (PDF) in Matal v. Tam means that Simon Tam, lead ...