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The Supreme Court considered a challenge to a provision of federal law that prohibits the registration of trademarks that may "disparage...or bring...into contempt or disrepute" any "persons, living or dead." The case involved an Asian-American dance band called "The Slants" that was denied a trademark because their name was found disparaging to people of Asian descent. The Court held that the disparagement clause violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment because it bans speech based on disappr

Author

Rogelio Bataclan

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