“Justices Appear Willing to Protect Offensive Trademarks”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Can disparaging trademarks be denied? The Supreme Court is skeptical.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has an article headlined “Asian American band the Slants takes its trademark battle to the Supreme Court: Is it free speech or a racial slur?”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Justices dubious about government denials of ‘derogatory’ trademarks.”
Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “High Court Ponders Whether the Right to Offend Can be Trademarked; Argument by Asian-American band the Slants that government’s refusal to register certain trademarks because of content is burden to free speech finds support among justices.”
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Who’s To Say The Word ‘Slants’ Offends Asians? The Supreme Court, That’s Who; How an Asian-American band — and its First Amendment case — gains an NFL owner as a fan.”
And on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Considers Trademark Battle Over Band Name.”
You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Lee v. Tam, No. 15-1293.
Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman
