A unanimous Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government’s power to ban all trademark protections for names it deems to be offensive violates the Constitution’s First Amendment.  The Tam case (Matal v. Tam) involved a rock band called the …

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A recent Law360 article gives an update on the Cleveland Indians logo dispute in Canada that flared up during the team’s playoff run last fall.  The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has refused to toss a Canadian human rights activist’s …

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The state of Ohio has filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, asking the full court to rehear its challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Transitional Reinsurance …

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