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Podcast: Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast
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Disparagement, Contempt, and Disrepute
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:26:14
Publish Date: 2018-03-15 11:00:00
Description: Simon Tam named his band “The Slants” as a form of self empowerment, but ran into problems when he tried to tried to register the name as a trademark, and ended up taking the case to the Supreme Court. We examine the Matal v. Tam case in which the Supreme Court vindicated Simon Tam and The Slants, finding that Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act -- which allows the PTO to deny trademarks it finds offense -- violates the First Amendment.
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