"The Supreme Court may soon take up two cases in which the government does not want to register trademarks it considers disparaging — for the Washington Redskins football team and an Asian-American band called The Slants. The major federal law on trademarks lets the government deny registration to trademarks that are “immoral, deceptive, or scandalous” or that “disparage.” Is it a denial of free speech for the government to prohibit registration for such trademarks?"
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label whether to permit or prohibit registration of some trademarks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whether to permit or prohibit registration of some trademarks. Show all posts
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Redskins, and Other Troubling Trademarks; New York Times, 5/4/16
Room for Debate, New York Times; Redskins, and Other Troubling Trademarks:
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