The Patent and Trademark Office refused a trademark for "Trump's Too
Small", a phrase to be sold on t-shirts. It's too suggestive.

The government in court says the phrase can be used but cannot be
trademarked without Trump's permission.

An appeals court sided with the applicant as refusing the trademark
violated speech rights.

Last I looked, a trademark protects the speech of the holder but not
everybody else.

Vidal v. Elster
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/justices-take-up-trump-too-small-trademark-case/

In <u5lree$fo9c$1@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

[snip]

>Last I looked, a trademark protects the speech of the holder but not
>everybody else.

>Vidal v. Elster
>https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/justices-take-up-trump-too-small-trademark-case/

Just for the hell of it, if you have any friends
at Scotusblog, could you beg them to return to Twitter?

Yeah, we all know why they left, but...

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danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

>[snip]

>>Last I looked, a trademark protects the speech of the holder but not
>>everybody else.

>>Vidal v. Elster
>>https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/justices-take-up-trump-too-small-trademark-case/

>Just for the hell of it, if you have any friends
>at Scotusblog, could you beg them to return to Twitter?

>Yeah, we all know why they left, but...

I just read it.

I don't remember why they left: Did Musk label them "government
sponsored speech" like NPR?