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Steve Elster

5 Cited authorities

  1. Matal v. Tam

    137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017)   Cited 352 times   78 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Lanham Act's prohibition on disparaging trademarks violates the First Amendment

  2. Elgin v. Dep't of the Treasury

    567 U.S. 1 (2012)   Cited 298 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress provided "meaningful review" in authorizing the Federal Circuit "to consider and decide petitioners' constitutional claims"

  3. San Francisco Arts Athletics v. U.S. O. C

    483 U.S. 522 (1987)   Cited 487 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that United States Olympic Committee is not a state actor because "[n]either the conduct nor the coordination of amateur sports has been a traditional governmental function"

  4. Iancu v. Brunetti

    139 S. Ct. 2294 (2019)   Cited 110 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Lanham Act's bar on the registration of "immoral" or "scandalous" trademarks discriminates on the basis of viewpoint and so violates the First Amendment, noting "[t]he Court's finding of viewpoint bias end the matter."

  5. Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,616 times   275 Legal Analyses
    Granting authority to refuse registration to a trademark that so resembles a registered mark "as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive"