Iancu v. Brunetti Post-Decision Podcast

On June 24, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Iancu v. Brunetti, a case considering whether a provision of the Lanham Act prohibiting the registration of &ldquo;immoral or scandalous&rdquo; trademarks infringes the First Amendment.<br />Business owner Erik Brunetti applied to register his clothing brand&rsquo;s trademark, &ldquo;FUCT,&rdquo; (pronounced as the individual letters F-U-C-T) but was refused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) because the Lanham Act prohibits registration of marks that consist of or comprise &ldquo;immoral or scandalous&rdquo; matter. The PTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board deemed the mark vulgar and indicated...