Trademark and copyright law are in a constant struggle with the right of free expression guaranteed under the First Amendment of the US Constitution. This is ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether a federal law barring trademarks on racial slurs violates free speech rights in a case involving an Oregon band called The Slants that could ...

As a Portland-based rock band with a growing fan base and national ambitions, figured it wouldn't hurt to take care of some business interests. On the advice of their attorney, they decided to ...

The 8-0 ruling was a victory for the Slants, an Asian American dance-rock band that chose its name as a way to redeem a word traditionally regarded as a racial slur, only to be blocked from ...

Artists live at the crossroads of the active and the passive, between merely creating and sharing or creating and engaging with the broader community. Asian-American pop-punk band The Slants perfectly ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office goes to court on Wednesday one last time with Portland dance-rock band The Slants. That's when the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the trademark dispute that has ...

WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks in a ruling that is expected to help the Washington Redskins in their legal fight over the team name.

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Portland band the Slants' fight to trademark their name, Lee V. Tam, is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Nobody starts a band thinking that they'd spend almost a decade in court," Slants founder ...

Asian-American rock band The Slants moved one step closer to trademarking their name Tuesday after a ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Subscribe to read this story ad ...