编者按：2017年6月，在商标领域备受瞩目的“The Slants”商标驳回复审案随着美国联邦最高法院判决一锤定音，历经5大程序、6年之久的“The Slants”商标最终获得注册。本文作者通过对该案件进行解读，对商标的表达功能进行了探讨。 2017年6月，在商标领域备受 ...

Members of the Portland-based rock group The Slants have been fighting for the right to trademark their band name for nearly eight years – ever since the US Patent and Trademark Organization ...

Standing on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon, Simon Tam, the bassist and frontman of the Asian-American rock group The Slants, was fired up. He'd just watched as most of ...

Now, in the 21st century, a few Asian-American musicians are trying to do the same, particularly in the name they chose for their band: The Slants. It all started as kind of a practical joke.

Simon Tam didn't think it would be a big deal when he applied for trademark protection on the name of his band, The Slants. It was 2011, and the band—a dance-rock group whose members are all ...

The response? "My non-Asian friends said 'slanted eyes," he says. From that point on, Tam's band was named "The Slants." Tam wasn't ignorant of the word's implications. "It's a reference to an ...

The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The Slants are five Asian-American musicians from Portland, Oregon, who pay homage to the ’80s on stage – and homage to their heritage in an ...

The band is called The Slants, and its members are all Asian-American. Led by founder Simon Tam, the group has waged a lengthy First Amendment battle with the federal government for refusing to ...

The court’s ruling makes a second, less formal determination: The Chinatown dance-rock band The Slants are the new poster children for the First Amendment. The justices unanimously agreed that The ...