Peace and Hate at the USPTO
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Matal v. Tam decision, which struck the disparagement clause from Section 2(a) of the U.S. Trademark Act on First Amendment grounds, applicants filed to register trademarks that previously would have been refused under the provision. Section 2(a)’s scandalous/immoral bar is on the verge of a similar fate – the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) held…
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