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25 January 2016 The US Patent and Trademark Office has said an appeal court’s decision to strike out the disparagement provision in the Lanham Act by ruling in favour of US band The Slants also wipes out provisions barring the registration of scandalous and immoral trademarks.
11 May 2015 More than half of respondents to a WIPR survey have said that the US Patent and Trademark Office was right to reject trademark applications on the grounds that they were “disparaging”.
9 February 2015 A US politician has introduced a bill that would officially declare the word ‘redskin’ offensive and make it impossible to register it as a trademark, despite there being a pending lawsuit covering similar issues.
