Mealey's (November 12, 2018, 2:25 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 8 respondent brief, a clothing manufacturer who had his trademark registration denied by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) as too offensive supports the federal government’s petition for certiorari, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that a definitive standard is needed as to what constitutes a scandalous and nonregistrable mark under the Lanham Act (Andrei Iancu v. Erik Brunetti, No. 18-302, U.S. Sup.)....