Rock Band and Football Team Continue Trademark Fight Against Government

Their battle concerns the right to register “disparaging” trademarks. According to the Washington Post,

The Supreme Court could decide as early as this month whether to hear the dispute involving the Portland, Oregon-area band. And if the football team has its way, the justices could hear both cases in its new term.

At issue is a constitutional challenge to a law barring the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from registering trademarks that disparage minority groups. The office denied a trademark to the Slants in 2011 after finding the name disparaged people of Asian descent.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear the cases by end of this month.

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