Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- 19 Intellectual Property Social Justice on the International Plane
- 20 Intellectual Property, Social Justice, and Human Development
- 21 Controversial Trademarks: A Comparative Analysis
- 22 The Role of Nonrightsholder Advocates and Academics in Achieving Social Justice Balance in Copyright: The Case of Colombia
- 23 Exposing Gender Bias in Intellectual Property Law: The UK Music Industries
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
21 - Controversial Trademarks: A Comparative Analysis
from Part VI - Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- 19 Intellectual Property Social Justice on the International Plane
- 20 Intellectual Property, Social Justice, and Human Development
- 21 Controversial Trademarks: A Comparative Analysis
- 22 The Role of Nonrightsholder Advocates and Academics in Achieving Social Justice Balance in Copyright: The Case of Colombia
- 23 Exposing Gender Bias in Intellectual Property Law: The UK Music Industries
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
Summary
Trademark regulation in many countries contains provisions that prohibit the registration of marks that are disparaging, scandalous, immoral, or offensive to a group of people in society. In the European Union (EU) and in the Andean Community, trademark regulations also deny registration of trademarks that are contrary to public policy or good manners. In the United States of America, immoral, disparaging or scandalous trademarks were banned as well according to the federal trademark statute, but in 2017 and 2019 the United States Supreme Court held that those limits violated the United States Constitutional First Amendment right of Freedom of Expression.1
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024