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Almost eight years after Donald Trump defended his hand size — and more — during a Republican presidential primary debate, the infamous moment is set to loom large at Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday. California-based attorney Steve Elster’s bid to make “Trump too small” a registered trademark for use on shirts he sells mocking the…
The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt the trademark "Trump too small" in a legal battle over political speech and First Amendment rights where a federal law bans the use of an official's name without their permission for trademarks.
This week in Washington IP news, a Senate Subcommittee holds a hearing on AI’s impact on the U.S. workforce and the "TRUMP TOO SMALL" trademark case heads to argument at the Supreme Court.
Wednesday’s argument in Vidal v. Elster is the third in a series of First Amendment challenges to provisions of the Lanham Act that bar registration of various kinds of scurrilous marks. In the first, Matal v. Tam, the Supreme Court held that it violated the First Amendment to refuse registration fo
With oral arguments kicking off next week, David Bell at Haynes and Boone outlines what might be heard in this rare look at the constitutionality of a trademark.