On May 16, 2023 (a Tuesday), fast food franchise Taco Bell launched its campaign to "liberate" the TACO TUESDAY trademark by filing legal petitions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel the...more
By an 8-1 vote, in United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., 591 U.S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the addition of a generic top-level domain such as ".com" to an otherwise generic term...more
7/1/2020
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Appeals ,
Booking.com ,
Domain Name Registration ,
Domain Names ,
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Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
United States Patent and Trademark Office v Booking.com BV ,
USPTO
The Immoral and Scandalous Bar to Trademark Registration is Unconstitutional -
On June 24, 2019, the Supreme Court's decision in Iancu v. Brunetti, 588 U.S. __ (2019), struck down the Lanham Act's ban on registering...more
6/26/2019
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Constitutional Challenges ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Iancu v. Brunetti ,
Lanham Act ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
Scandalous/Immoral Marks ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Viewpoint Discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court held today that the "disparagement clause" of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional, a decision that likely settles the question of whether the Redskins football team's trademarks are registrable amidst...more
6/21/2017
/ Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Music Industry ,
SCOTUS ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO