Supreme Court seems ready to deny trademark for 'Trump Too Small' T-shirts
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The case dates back to a presidential primary debate to 2016 and Sen. Marco Rubio's mocking of candidate Donald Trump as having "small hands."
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The Supreme Court appeared likely to leave in place a decision from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejecting a trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small."
An attorney is seeking to sell T-shirts featuring the phrase stemming from an exchange during a 2016 presidential debate when the size of Trump’s hands was being discussed.
The Supreme Court is set to decide if a derogatory political slogan towards former President Donald Trump can be trademarked without his consent, weighing free speech protections.
In earlier cases, the justices struck down provisions of the trademark law on First Amendment grounds. But the one at issue here seemed likely to survive.
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared skeptical that a California lawyer can own a federal trademark covering the phrase "Trump Too Small" over the objections of the U.S.
The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with whether it should strike down a federal law banning a trademark for “Trump too small,” as justices from both wings of the court raised concerns about the impact of green-lighting registration of the phrase.
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case Wednesday over the use of former President Donald Trump's name in a trademark that plays off an old sore spot for the 2024 hopeful.
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A political activist’s desire to register a suggestive phrase targeting Donald Trump’s anatomy and policies was at the center of a Supreme Court case heard Wednesday that tests the limits of the First Amendment.
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A political activist’s desire to register a suggestive phrase targeting Donald Trump’s anatomy and policies is at the center of a Supreme Court case being heard Wednesday that will test the limits of the First Amendment.
The case asks whether Steve Elster may trademark the double-entendre phrase “Trump Too Small” for use on t-shirts criticizing former president Donald Trump.
An attorney seeking permission to trademark the phrase "Trump too small" and print it on T-shirts for profit will have his First Amendment case weighed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court seemed unconvinced Wednesday that denying trademark protection for T-shirts with the phrase "Trump too small" violates the First Amendment.
