TTAB re THE SLANTS trademark: Once disparaging, always disparaging
Remember the SLANTS trademark appeal to the TTAB? Here’s the decision (below). For the TTAB, there’s only one answer to the “disparaging” question — well,... Read more
Category: Section 2(a)
Jiggering it out at the PTO
Originally published on September 21, 2009. Oh, to be a hip, Jewish intellectual… property owner. Stick with me here. A while back I was following... Read more
Slanted against him
Another not-safe-for-work story is out there about a trademark registration denied under Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act as “immoral or scandalous.” John Welch and Marc... Read more
Reply brief on en banc hearing in the Federal Circuit for The Slants
Previous related documents: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sua sponte order to vacate The Slants en banc Appellate Brief Briefs of the PTO... Read more
Friday in Washington with a dozen of my closest friends
Tune in to hear @theslants lawyer @RonColeman say: “Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional on its face” https://t.co/whj9oI8EjO — Ed Timberlake (@TimberlakeLaw) October... Read more
The Slants: Denouement
Victory has a hundred fathers https://t.co/G9Z7QOVH8l — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) June 19, 2017 Now let’s name some of them. Because while I have many... Read more
Cleveland rocks!
Now I have been to Cleveland a couple of times and I can’t say I actually saw this rocking take place. I mean, this whole... Read more
In re Tam – Simon Tam’s Response to the PTO’s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari and grant of cert news
The Supreme Court granted the PTO’s request for cert in In re Tam (the “Slants case”). Here’s a good summary of the case and our position... Read more
“Indian givers” (part 2)
[Note: This post was written before the December 22, 2015 Federal Circuit opinion in In re Tam, and, of course, subsequent developments.] Yesterday I ended part... Read more
So, how about those Redskins?
I’ve been writing about the Redskins and the tribulations — and, as it turns out, trials — of their REDSKINS trademarks since long before that... Read more
Another bad season for the Redskins
The Eastern District of Virginia has ruled (link to opinion here) on the summary judgment motions in Pro Football v. Blackhorse in the NFL’s appeal to the District... Read more
Federal Circuit on the THE SLANTS: [Updated]
[stextbox id=”alert” caption=”Our new world — and welcome to it”] UPDATE: When this post was written, the world we lived in was one particular kind... Read more
Best of 2009: Jiggering it out at the PTO
First posted January 29, 2009. Oh, to be a hip, Jewish intellectual… property owner. Stick with me here. A while back I was following the... Read more