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This morning, the United States Supreme Court issued the first orders from its September 26th long conference. Among the cases the Court agreed to hear is Michelle K. Lee v. Simon S. Tam. We have previously discussed Mr. Tam's case here and here. Briefly, Mr. Tam is the frontman of the rock band, The Slants. The band, comprised of Asian-American me ...

Simon Tam is the frontman of the popular Portland, Oregon, band called The Slants. A few years ago Mr. Tam sought to register The Slants as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. While the term has traditionally been used as a derogatory slur for persons of Asian descent, Mr. Tam (an Asian-American) and his fellow Asian-Ame ...

We've been writing about Simon Tam's efforts to trademark his Portland, Oregon-based rock band, The Slants, for over a year now. As you'll recall, Mr. Tam, an Asian-American, formed his band in 2006 and recruited other Asian-Americans to join in order to provide an interesting and entertaining platform to discuss discrimination against Asian-Am ...