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Supreme Court Upholds Refusal to Register Trademark Containing the Name of Living Individual –...
The National Law Review· 12 hours agoIn a recent unanimous decision in the case Vidal v. Elster (602 U.S. ___ (2024)), the U.S. Supreme...
Amy Coney Barrett calls out Clarence Thomas
Newsweek· 1 day agoElster, a case stemming from petitioner Steve Elster wanting to register the phrase "TRUMP TOO SMALL" for use on T-shirts and other apparel starting in...
Supreme Court rejects California man's attempt to trademark Trump T-shirts
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“For more than 75 years, Congress has directed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to refuse the ...
Supreme Court Vindicates Restriction on Registering Trademarks Containing Personal Names | JD Supra
JD Supra· 22 hours agoCiting the common law right to use one’s own name commercially and to prevent others from doing so, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13, 2024 upheld the constitutionality of ...
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Trademark Act’s “Names Clause” in Affirming Refusal...
JD Supra· 22 hours agoSteve Elster’s application to register the mark TRUMP TOO SMALL for “shirts,” was rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office under Section 2(c). The Trademark ...
US Supreme Court bars 'Trump too small' trademark
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe justices unanimously overturned a lower court's decision that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's rejection of Steve Elster's application to...
Justices Agree on Constitutionality of Trademark Restriction, Disagree on How to Approach Such...
Reason.com· 1 day agoToday's decision in Vidal v. Elster unanimously upheld a federal trademark law provision that bars federal registration of any trademark
Supreme Court rejects “Trump too small” trademark - SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblog· 1 day agoThe court on Thursday unanimously rejected an attempt to force the Patent and Trademark Office to...
Justices’ Trademark Consensus Belies Constitutional Rift (1)
Bloomberg Law· 1 day agoThe US Supreme Court’s Thursday decision blocking registration of a “Trump Too Small” trademark...
Supreme Court Rejects TRUMP TOO SMALL Trademark | JD Supra
JD Supra· 22 hours agoThe USPTO claimed that refusal to register the “Trump too small” mark was warranted under section 2(c) of the Lanham Act (the relevant section of which is reproduced below) due to the inclusion ...