Mulling High Court, USPTO Still Refusing 'Scandalous' TMs

By Bill Donahue (May 25, 2018, 5:53 PM EDT) -- Six months after a federal court ruled that the Lanham Act's ban on "scandalous" trademarks is unconstitutional, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is still refusing registrations that violate the provision while the agency considers another trip to the U.S. Supreme Court....

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