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Disparagement, in United States trademark law, was a statutory cause of action which permitted a party to petition the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to cancel a trademark registration that "may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or ...
Particularly used by bullies to disparage a child who attends a Protestant school. Proddywhoddy and proddywoddy are used in children's school rhymes in Cork. [23] [22] Orangie Ireland Ulster Protestants: Referring to the Orange Order [22] Russellite United States: Jehovah's Witnesses: Jehovah's Witnesses, from American religious leader Charles ...
The laws are parodied in the King of the Hill episode "Love Hurts and So Does Art" (1999) in which a modern art exhibit, juxtaposing a starving child with an X-ray of an American's colon blocked with beef, is shut down, because "in the state of Texas, there's a law against defaming beef." [31] [32] [33]
Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U.S. 565 (2014), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided that the Town of Greece, New York may permit volunteer chaplains to open each legislative session with a prayer.
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - As the U.S. government moved to reopen after a 35-day partial shutdown, some lawmakers on Sunday criticized using the closure of federal agencies as a tool in policy ...
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Sunday he “would never disparage” someone’s military service, when asked about the controversy surrounding the Democratic vice ...
The laws of some countries describe hate speech as speech, gestures, conduct, writing, or displays that incite violence or prejudicial actions against a group or individuals on the basis of their membership in the group, or that disparage or intimidate a group or individuals on the basis of their membership in the group. The law may identify ...
This is a list providing an overview of whether states around the world criminalize the insult of the head of state or foreign heads of state, the state itself or its symbols. For an explanation of the related concept of insulting the monarch or head of state, a crime in many countries, see Lèse-majesté .