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Debriefing the Supreme Court’s Tam Decision

Original air date: 8/2/17 
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The Supreme Court held unanimously that the Lanham Act's prohibition against registering disparaging trademarks with the USPTO violates the First Amendment. Join AIPLA for a breakdown of the case and implications for trademark law moving forward.

Presented by:

Christine Farley of American University Washington College of Law
Christina Hieber of United States Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the Solicitor
Ronald Coleman of Archer, P.C.

Moderated by:
Sheldon Klein of Gray Plant Mooty