The Slants Case Study

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The Slants have a very good chance on winning this battle, due to their proud and positive definition of the word. The Supreme Court will probably justify that the Lanham Act is going against the First Amendment and is ruining the band’s freedom of speech. Due to their name being more of a favorable meaning than the anticipated racial slur, the court will rule with “The Slants”, as they will see the band is trying to do good and transform this into a positive badge. This case although, may not be the landmark case that all the professional teams are hoping for. Even though The Slants may be able to get away with this, this case will not help out any of the other trademark disparagement cases. Yes, this case, Lee v. Tam will have an impact

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