Supreme Court of the United States

Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office…

June 24, 2019139 S. Ct. 2294

Summary

The Court held that the Lanham Act’s prohibition on registering "immoral or scandalous" trademarks is facially viewpoint‑discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The judgment of the Federal Circuit striking down the provision was affirmed.