WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a longstanding ban on trademarks on "immoral" or "scandalous" words and symbols, ruling in a case involving a clothing brand with an indelicate
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a longstanding ban on trademarks on "immoral" or "scandalous" words and symbols, ruling in a case involving a clothing brand with an indelicate name that the law violates constitutional free speech rights.
The Trump administration had warned that invalidating the law would unleash a torrent of extreme words and sexually graphic images on the marketplace. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which specializes in intellectual property law, ruled in Brunetti's favor in 2017.
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