| Iancu v. Brunetti | |
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| Argued April 15, 2019 Decided June 24, 2019 | |
| Full case name | Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. Erik Brunetti |
| Docket no. | 18-302 |
| Citations | 588 U.S. (more) 139 S. Ct. 2294; 204 L. Ed. 2d 714 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | In re Brunetti, 877 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 139 S. Ct. 782 (2019). |
| Holding | |
| The Lanham Act prohibition on the registration of "immoral" or "scandalous" trademarks infringes the First Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kagan, joined by Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
| Concurrence | Alito |
| Concur/dissent | Roberts |
| Concur/dissent | Breyer |
| Concur/dissent | Sotomayor, joined by Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18–302, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), is a Supreme Court of the United States case related to the registration of trademarks under the Lanham Act.[1][2] It decided 6–3 that the provisions of the Lanham Act prohibiting registration of trademarks of "immoral" or "scandalous" matter is unconstitutional by permitting the United States Patent & Trademark Office to engage in viewpoint discrimination, which violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.[3]
- ^ "Search - Supreme Court of the United States". Supremecourt.gov. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Iancu v. Brunetti | OSG | Department of Justice". Justice.gov. February 15, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302, 588 U.S. ___ (2019)