It was another star-studded event in Seattle last night, enjoy some pics from Meet the Bloggers:
The Ironmongers are Reunited:
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Meet the Bloggers IVX Event: INTA in Seattle
At INTA 2018: Trademarks and Free Speech
Yesterday in Seattle — where nearly 11,000, sleepless, brand protection, trademark, and IP professionals from 150 countries have registered and converged for INTA’s 140th Annual Meeting — yours truly had the distinct pleasure of sharing some thoughts on the intersection between federal trademark registration and Free Speech. Here are some before, during and after
Federal Trademark Registration, the First Amendment, and Freedom of Speech: Part I
Looking forward to sharing the podium with Joel MacMull of the Archer firm (counsel for Simon Tam, where our friend Ron Coleman is a partner) to discuss “Trademark Registration and the First Amendment,” on September 28th at the Midwest IP Institute in Minneapolis.
As a drum roll leading up to that discussion, and
THE SLANTS Decision Affects More than a 2(a) and an (R)
-Martha Engel, Attorney
In Monday’s decision in the newly minted Matal v. Tam case, the Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit decision that the Trademark Office’s refusal to register THE SLANTS mark on disparagement grounds was unconstitutional. Many were not surprised by this decision, foreshadowed in part by the transcript of the January oral argument