The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has suspended all rulings on trademark applications that could be subject to refusal under the legal provision banning registration of marks bearing “scandalous or disparaging” subject matter.
On Thursday, the PTO issued a new examination guide specifying that it is suspending action on pending applications involving marks subject to refusal under the scandalousness and disparagement provisions in Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act until pending litigation related to their constitutionality is resolved.
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