Starting now: @MadhaviSunder moderates a panel with @SimonTheTam of #TheSlants for a conversation about intellectual property, racial identity and the law. Follow along on this thread.
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@SimonTheTam's battle with U.S. PTO got the attention of the court and the media, he realized that other groups were also being prevented from using "disparaging" trademarks about their own ethnic identity.Show this thread -
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@SimonTheTam discovered through the legal battle that the government U.S. PTO was denying trademarks for trademark applications that included racial terms but were submitted by people with related ethnic identities.Show this thread -
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@SimonTheTam says the U.S. needs laws that are more robust at addressing artistic expression. "We have people who are creating laws that don't actually have any experience with what the environment is like." "We need more oversight by people who are impacted by the laws."Show this thread
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