A basket of Lee v. Tam briefs
I was going to do a post collecting all the briefs filed in the United States Supreme Court in Lee v. Tam (“THE SLANTS”), but... Read more
Tag: The Slants
A different Slant
Does this story in the Northwest Asian Weekly about the trademark registration woes of a rock band called The Slants sound familiar? The Slants, whose members... Read more
A world of difference
Thread. you grow by knowing decent, intelligent people who don’t see the world your way. https://t.co/DUoG0PVz96 — Bruce Godfrey (@BruceGodfrey) September 25, 2020 Originally posted... Read more
Indian givers (part 3)
Part one and part two of this three-part post were published earlier this week. When the PTO’s decision revoking the REDSKINS registrations was affirmed by... Read more
The ACLU’s strange bedfellows
Here’s some news: The American Civil Liberties Union says the Redskins are wrong, damned wrong — but they’ve got every right in the world to... Read more
Posner’s “judicial interpretive updating” and the disparagement clause
Thank God for small favors. Like being far away from the Seventh Circuit these days if you or your client want to rely on the... Read more
That great, free First Amendment thing (Best of 2017)
First published July 24, 2017. I was recently, and very briefly, the toast of whatever for my efforts in making the world safe for nasty... Read more
Hurray for Hollywood!
The official website of the thing is here. Register to attend by clicking here. I’ll be speaking about In re Tam but don’t worry, there... Read more
Best of 2014: Consensus in Cleveland
First posted on March 12, 2014. Far be it from me to compare myself to the distinguished former Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, the... Read more
Slant on The Slants
Everybody can have an IP blog. But hardly anybody, it seems, is prepared to do the work required to blog. I refer now to the... Read more
“Rock ‘n Roll, Redskins & Free Speech”
I have tried not to overload the blog with media coverage about our Supreme Court case involving THE SLANTS, but this is pretty ginchy: Originally... Read more
43(a)? It’s not for me to say
I’m kind of tired of In re Tam also. But I have been a bit surprised that there has not been a more discussion, or... Read more
THE SLANTS trademark: The CAFC reply brief
If you’re following the excitement, you’ve already bookmarked and, presumably, shared with all your friends our initial Federal Circuit brief filed in support of the... Read more