Redskins redux
Remember the Washington Redskins trademark tussle? CNBC reports that it’s back — again — and better than ever. This time the focus is an interesting... Read more
Tag: Scandalous or offensive marks
Immoral / scandalous test lives at PTO
John Welch reports on a denial of a Spanish-language mark upheld on that basis, which continues to puzzle me, though it does not bother me... Read more
Redskins redux 2
I didn’t have a chance to mention that last month, the order denying the legal challenge to the Washington Redskin’s use of its trademark American... Read more
Not sweet enough
Surprising, really, that it took this long: “We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype.” Aunt Jemima character and brand name being... Read more
Theologically misdescriptive
Talk about “scandalous and offensive” marks!: [P]hrases containing some form of “God” have been trademarked [sic] more than 3,400 times in the United States: “God... Read more
Whitewashed
Am I missing something here? Did you know that the terms “Black Power,” “Black Supremacy,” and “La Raza” (The Race) are all trademarks that have... Read more
Virtually athletic
Marc Edelman at Abovethelaw: On Friday, February 22, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLBAM”) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (“MLBPA”) filed a... Read more
More singularity: Still, er, screwed
I thought I covered all the things, all of them!, about trademarks these days in my recent “Trademark Singularity” Part One and Part Two posts... Read more
He don’t lie, he don’t lie, he don’t lie…
Marc “Hussein” Randazza — who hardly needs extra stimulants in his life right this second — brings his “A-game” to this very thorough consideration of... Read more
The statute that keeps on giving
I am grateful for a break in the Section 2(a) action long enough that I could sneak in some blogging about another topic this week. Apropos that post’s nostalgic... Read more
Scandalous mark by anybama’s standard
We’ve wondered aloud here whether there’s any life left in the “scandalous or immoral” ground for refusal of trademark registration. Looks like there’s plenty. The... Read more
No respect
More aggressive branding gone bad: A Singapore cosmetics company has withdrawn a line of makeup based on complaints concerning its whimsical connections to the founder... Read more
Laws don’t kill free speech, legislators do
All is proceeding as I have foreseen: http://t.co/NMS2CBQjdO https://t.co/Mgi79j8ieP — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) September 10, 2015 Originally posted 2015-09-13 12:50:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Explicitly yours
Tomorrow I will be on a panel called “Warning, the Following Material May Be Explicit: Addressing the Efficacy of §2(a) of the Lanham Act” as part... Read more