[BostonCard]

It is an interesting debate, and very different from the USSC rulings on whether trademark refusals can violate the first amendment.  Refusing to grant a mark because it was potentially confusing, merely descriptive or primarily geographic has always been a valid reason for refusal.

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/additio...fusal-mark

BC

[BostonCard]

It is an interesting debate, and very different from the USSC rulings on whether trademark refusals can violate the first amendment.  Refusing to grant a mark because it was potentially confusing, merely descriptive or primarily geographic has always been a valid reason for refusal.

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/additio...fusal-mark

BC