July 16, 2018
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is still mulling over whether to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the Lanham Act's ban on "scandalous" trademarks, pushing the decision back to August.
April 13, 2018
Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Lanham Act's ban on "disparaging" trademarks, the Federal Circuit on Thursday left in place a ruling that the statute's bar on "scandalous" material is also unconstitutional.
December 15, 2017
The Federal Circuit has ruled that the Lanham Act's ban on "scandalous and immoral" trademarks is unconstitutional, months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the statute's similar bar on "disparaging" marks.
August 29, 2017
A Federal Circuit panel tore into the U.S. government's defense of a law banning the registration of "scandalous and immoral" trademarks on Tuesday, asking why that prohibition should stand after one for "disparaging" marks was just scrapped by the U.S. Supreme Court under the First Amendment.
January 22, 2016
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conceded Thursday that last month's Federal Circuit decision striking down the Lanham Act's ban on "disparaging" trademark registrations would mean that the law's prohibition on "scandalous and immoral" marks is invalid as well.