Scandalous Trademark Ban Not Unconstitutional, PTO Argues To Supreme Court

Mealey's (December 13, 2018, 3:10 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Dec. 11 reply brief supporting its petition for certiorari, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) defends its decision to deny registration of a trademark it deemed vulgar, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the scandalous-marks provision of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Andrei Iancu v. Erik Brunetti, No. 18-302, U.S. Sup.)....