By Nicole Prieto, Editor-in-Chief After a legal battle spanning nearly a decade, Simon Tam saw victory in the U.S. Supreme Court on June 19 when it held that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act was facially invalid.[1] The impetus for the holding? Tam’s attempted registration of his Asian-American […]
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How a Seventy-Year-Old Trademark Registration Precedent was Deemed Unconstitutional
How a Seventy-Year-Old Trademark Registration Precedent was Deemed Unconstitutional By Anthony Bianco, Staff Writer The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States guarantees several freedoms to the people and provides protection from government action in certain areas. Perhaps most importantly, the First Amendment guarantees the freedom of expression […]