The US Supreme Court to hear a trade mark dispute concerning US dance-rock band The Slants. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register the band’s name as a trade mark on the basis that it was considered an ethnic slur.
Some feel the band should be allowed to trade mark their name as a matter of free speech. Others believe that if the USPTO’s decision is overturned it may undermine other areas of trade mark law.
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US Band The Slants' Trade Mark Case at the US Supreme Court
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The US Supreme Court to hear a trade mark dispute concerning US dance-rock band The Slants.
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Dawn Ellmore
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