Add to ORKGIn Harjo v. Pro-Football Inc., the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cancelled the federally registered trademarks THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS, REDSKINS, and REDSKINETIES after finding them to be disparaging matter under section 2(a) of the Lanham Act. Pro-Football has appealed the Board\u27s decision to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This Note argues that Harjo\u27s adoption of the substantial composite standard for analyzing disparaging trademarks potentially ignores the majority of the implicated group members\u27 viewpoints and promotes section 2(a) trademark cancellations. In addition, the liberal standing requirements for opposition and cancellation proceedings combined with Harlo\u27s disparagement doctrine imperm...
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In the 2016-2017 term, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Matal v. Tam, holding that the Lanham...
There has been a long history of conflict and disputation in respect of Indigenous Intellectual Prop...
In her pioneering book, We Want What’s Ours: Learning from South Africa’s Land Restitution Program, ...
Movies, television programs, and video games often exploit trademarks within their content. In parti...
The United States Supreme Court\u27s unanimous ruling in Matal v. Tam is a landmark decision regardi...
Amici are scholars at U.S. law schools whose research and teaching focus is intellectual property la...
On October 1, 2003, Judge Colleen Koller-Kotellay issued a ruling finding there was insufficient evi...
The trademark cancellation petitions and subsequent appeals surrounding the Washington Redskins’ all...
There is a contentious debate about whether it is the government\u27s place to determine whether off...
[guest speaker] The Supreme Court has ruled that part of a 1946 law prohibiting trademarks that disp...
My law review article analyzes the constitutionality of the Lanham Act, a federal trademark statute....
In June 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) shocked football fans everywhere when it g...
Since 1967, Pro-Football has registered six marks that include the term “redskins,” a derogatory rac...
For more than a century, non-majority groups have protested the use of trademarks comprised of or co...
The Lanham Act proscribes the registration of trademarks that consist of disparaging matter. In In r...
In the 2016-2017 term, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Matal v. Tam, holding that the Lanham...
There has been a long history of conflict and disputation in respect of Indigenous Intellectual Prop...
In her pioneering book, We Want What’s Ours: Learning from South Africa’s Land Restitution Program, ...
Movies, television programs, and video games often exploit trademarks within their content. In parti...
The United States Supreme Court\u27s unanimous ruling in Matal v. Tam is a landmark decision regardi...
Amici are scholars at U.S. law schools whose research and teaching focus is intellectual property la...