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The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Matal v. Tam sounded a death knell for the Lanham Act’s disparagement clause and has implications for whether the scandalous clause of the Lanham Act still ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! William Consovoy, Constitutional & Appellate Law attorney, discusses Matal v. Tam and its implications William Consovoy, Constitutional & Appellate ...

The Supreme Court of the United States decided in the case of Matal v. Tam Monday to strike down a key provision of the Lanham Act barring the United States Patent and Trademark Office from ...

Author’s Note: Because of the nature of the Matal v. Tam ruling and related cases, this story contains language that some readers may find offensive. Many of the trademark examples herein have been ...

Lisa P. Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego, and has written about the potential conflict of trademark laws and free speech rights in A Free Speech Right to Trademark ...

On June 19, in Matal v. Tam, the U.S. Supreme Court (Justice Gorsuch did not participate in the case) affirmed the Federal Circuit’s ruling that the Lanham Act’s “disparagement clause” is ...

The long-awaited Supreme Court decision in Matal v Tam was handed down yesterday and immediately caused heated debate. Following our coverage of the decision, we approached a number of trademark ...

The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Matal v. Tam sent a clear warning to government officials who seek to curtail speech they deem offensive: We won’t let you do it! The warning was particularly ...

Simon Tam, lead singer of the rock group “The Slants,” chose this moniker in order to “reclaim” the term and drain its denigrating force as a derogatory term for Asian persons. Tam sought federal ...