Bar Associations Tell High Court Scandalous Marks Ban Was Properly Invalidated

Mealey's (March 14, 2019, 10:58 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In recently filed amicus curiae briefs, two bar associations that specialize in intellectual property law asked the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that the Lanham Act’s prohibition on the registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because it was viewpoint-based discrimination (Andrei Iancu v. Erik Brunetti, No. 18-302, U.S. Sup.)....