Intellectual Property Law
New Matter 2017, Volume 42, Number 3
Content
- 2017 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Case Note: Tc Heartland v. Kraft Foods
- Contents
- Dc Trip Report
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2016-2017
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2016-2017
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Supreme Court Ip Decisions
- The Licensing Corner
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Ninth Circuit Report
Ninth Circuit Report
Anne-Marie Dao
Mintz Levin
A LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE LANHAM ACT AND FREE SPEECH
As summer begins to fade, the battle between the First Amendment and the United States Patent and Trademark Office comes to an end. On June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in Matal v. Tam,2 answering the question of whether the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause with a resounding yes.