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. 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 ...

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 ...

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Matelv. Tam paves the way for trademarking racial slurs. Simon Shaio Tam, an Asian-American who sought to trademark aracially derisive term for Asians, is happy ...

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 ...

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 ...