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Campus speech codes endangered by Supreme Court trademark ruling: legal experts
h/t InstapunditThe fight against restrictive college speech codes might have received new ammunition from an unlikely pair: trademark law and fashion. The Supreme Court struck down the U.S Patent and Trademark Office’s prohibition of "immoral or scandalous" names in trademarks. The 6-3 majority opinion by Justice Elena Kagan took issue with the Lanham Act for making viewpoint-based determinations, and thus infringing on First Amendment rights. A law professor and civil-liberties group separately told The College Fix that the decision in favor of fashion company FUCT is a boon for lawsuits against campus speech codes, bias response teams and other college policies that punish the content of speech. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-06-29 |
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