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EFF Tells Supreme Court: Trademark Law Doesn’t Trump the First Amendment
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A trademark dispute between a liquor company and a maker of novelty dog toys may not sound like an important First Amendment battleground, but the latest trademark case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court could have serious consequences for online speech and political activism. Trademarks are part of our modern lexicon, and we cannot allow their owners to use the law as a censorship tool.
In Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products, Jack Daniels claims that a company …
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