The federal government has violated the First Amendment by refusing to register trademarks that officials consider disparaging, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in a decision that provides a boost to the Washington Redskins’ efforts to hang on to the team’s controversial name.
コメント：米国最高裁は表現の自由の観点から、審査官が”軽蔑する”というような判断をすることが違憲としています。NFLのワシントン・レッドスキンズは、長らく先住民を蔑視するチーム名となり得るとして報道されていましたが、そこからは解放されそうです。
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal trademark law banning offensive names is unconstitutional, siding with a rock band whose name had been deemed racially disparaging by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
情報源: Supreme Court sides with The Slants, rules ban on offensive names is unconstitutional | Fox News
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