Mealey's (April 8, 2019, 12:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With April 15 oral argument approaching in a dispute over whether the Lanham Act’s ban on the registration of scandalous or immoral trademarks violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) filed its reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on April 2, asking the high court to find the provision constitutional and to overturn a ruling by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that held to the contrary (Andrei Iancu v. Erik Brunetti, No. 18-302, U.S. Sup.)....