Federal Circuit: Bar On Registration Of Immoral Marks Is Unconstitutional

(December 18, 2017, 2:25 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) correctly found that a proposed “fuct” trademark comprises immoral or scandalous material under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), (Section 2(a)), the immoral and scandalous marks provision constitutes an unconstitutional restriction of free speech, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 15 (In Re:  Erik Brunetti, No. 15-1109, Fed. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25336)....

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