US Supreme Court holds that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, jpx146,https://academic.oup.com/jiplp/article/doi/10.1093/jiplp/jpx146/4085326/US-Supreme-Court-holds-that-the-disparagement?guestAccessKey=0606b8a6-ed40-4202-9dec-b9150d5e3178 Matal v Tam, 582 US ___ (2017) (Tam)On 19 June 2017 the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Matal v Tam, 582 US ___ (2017) (Tam), holding that the ‘disparagement clause’ of the Lanham Act, which prohibits the federal registration of disparaging trade marks, ‘violates the Free Speech Clause […]