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21 April 2016Trademarks

USPTO asks Supreme Court to hear The Slants case

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has petitioned the US Supreme Court, asking it to review a lower court decision that said denying rock band The Slants a trademark for its name would violate First Amendment rights.

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