Prof. Christine Farley Hosts AIPLA Webinar on Tam Decision

 

On Wednesday, August 2, 2017 – Professor Christine Farley will present a webinar through AIPLA, “Debriefing the Supreme Court’s Tam Decision.”

The Supreme Court held unanimously that the Lanham Act’s prohibition against registering disparaging trademarks with the USPTO violates the First Amendment. Tune in to get the answer to the question everyone is asking: where do we go from here?

Presented by: Christine Farley of American University Washington College of Law?; Christina Hieber of US Patent and Trademark Office; Ron Coleman of Archer, P.C.; moderated by Sheldon Klein of Gray Plant Mooty.

Register and learn more, here.

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