The Supreme Court’s June 19, 2017 decision in the Matal v. Tam case has been burning-up the news wires all week. The decision struck down a 70-year-old ban on federally registering disparaging ...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has named U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal to perform the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for ...

From today’s opinion by Justice Samuel Alito (for four justices) in Matal v. Tam, the “Slants” case: [The idea that the government may restrict] speech expressing ideas that offend … strikes at the ...

Tucked into the coronavirus relief package, the measure will create powerful and inexpensive tools for clearing fraudulent marks from the PTO register, says Haynes and Boone partner Joseph Matal.

The Supreme Court of the United States decided in the case of Matal v. Tam Monday to strike down a key provision of the Lanham Act barring the United States Patent and Trademark Office from ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 29 (UPI) -- If the battle of Barg-e-Matal ever goes down in history, I am not sure if it will be treated as a victory or a defeat or a tragedy or a comedy. It does, however, ...

Late in the afternoon on Wednesday, June 7th, it was announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had selected Joseph Matal, formerly U.S. Patent and Trademark Associate Solicitor, to serve ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Petition for certiorari denied on April 30, 2018. (1) Whether inter partes review"an adversarial process used by the Patent ...