In a decision surprising absolutely nobody, on Monday the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) could not refuse to register trademarks even if they are “immoral or scandalous.” The trademark at issue involved the use of the mark “FUCT [F-U-C-T]” for clothing and merchandise.
Last year I wrote about the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) taking the position that even when it lost, the other side had to…
It was only a matter of time. THE “GOOD OLD DAYS” BEFORE DISPARAGING, VULGAR AND SCANDALOUS TRADEMARKS For seventy years the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
Under the American Rule “each litigant pays his own expense, win or lose, unless a statute or contract provides otherwise.” But recently the United States Patent…
[Note: A previous version of this article ran on Wendel Rosen’s cannabis industry blog at http://www.calcannabislawblog.com on June 8, 2017.] In June 2017, the California…
