US EditionUS Supreme Court bars 'Trump too small' trademark
- The US Supreme Court rejected a political activist's request to trademark "Trump Too Small," stating it didn't violate the First Amendment when the mark was not registered.
- Federal law forbids registering a living person's name as a trademark without their approval.
- The US Patent and Trademark Office denied registration due to the public interpreting "Trump" in the phrase as a reference to the former president.
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Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Trademark ‘Trump Too Small’
The Supreme Court ruled on June 13 against an attorney claiming that federal law violates the First Amendment by prohibiting him from trademarking the insult “Trump too small.” That phrase is a double entendre emanating from an exchange between then-candidate Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) during one of the 2016 Republican presidential primary debates. The Patent and Trademark Office denied attorney Steve Elster’s attempt to trademar…
Supreme Court Rejects 'Trump Too Small' Trademark Attempt
A labor lawyer’s brazen attempt to trademark the innuendo “Trump Too Small” was rejected by the Supreme Court on Thursday, who argued that the federal trademark office did not violate the man’s First Amendment when it rejected his trademark application. In a unanimous vote, the court said that under federal law, trademarks may not be granted involving the names of living individuals, without their written consent. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to trademark ‘Trump too small’
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by a California man to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.”The court, in a unanimous opinion, ruled that the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) had correctly turned down the request to trademark the slogan about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.Steve Elster, who wanted to print T-shirts with the phrase, had claimed before the court that the PTO’s rejection of his t…
Supreme Court: You can't trademark your 'Trump Too Small' t-shirts
On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided that while you're free to sell a T-shirt taking shots at a former president's anatomy, you don't have the right to trademark it, at least while he's alive. In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, Sen. Marco Rubio (R–Fla.) accused Donald Trump of having small hands for his height, adding, "You know what they say about guys with small hands." Days later, in a debate among the Republican candidates, T…
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