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ShazzieB

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17. Sounds fairly straightforward to me.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2023, 04:32 PM

Oct 2023

The agency will try to convince the justices to uphold a 1946 federal law that bars trademarks featuring a person's name without consent.

If there's a federal law that says this, I don't even understand the point of the court case, unless he's hoping SCOTUS will declare the law unconstitutional

Make all the shirts you want, dude. You just can't trademark a phrase that includes someone's name.

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'Trump Too Small' T-shirt slogan turns into US Supreme Court battle [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2023 OP

Should not be able to trademark political speech hueymahl Oct 2023 #1

I agree, but he should be able to sell the shirts, anyway William Seger Oct 2023 #5

100% hueymahl Oct 2023 #11

FUCT - I love it. Hadn't heard of that brand before. CrispyQ Oct 2023 #2

Trademarks are usually associated with a specific product, use, design I think bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #3

So, If This Guy Loses Deep State Witch Oct 2023 #4

No. He is not being denied the right to produce them, only the right to EXCLUSIVELY do so. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #6

No, they just can't get a trademark William Seger Oct 2023 #7

Sadly, no OKIsItJustMe Oct 2023 #14

If Drump would just show everyone that he's "not small" SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #8

OMG ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #15

Seriously. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #16

Ask the guy Trump calls 'Little' Marco Rubio. keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #19

And 'tricky dicky', referring to ex-president Richard Nixon... SWBTATTReg Oct 2023 #20

Free speech for me... RexLipton Oct 2023 #9

Huh? onenote Oct 2023 #13

trump wants a margin on the profits Bayard Oct 2023 #10

He has nothing to do with this case. onenote Oct 2023 #12

Sounds fairly straightforward to me. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #17

If you trump too low in a card game, you can lose the trick. dickthegrouch Oct 2023 #18

My Tee shirt to patent Traildogbob Oct 2023 #21