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Court Denies Trademark Protection to Anti-Muslim Slogan

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A federal appeals court has upheld a trademark board decision denying protection to the phrase “Stop the Islamisation of America” based on the finding that the phrase disparages Muslims. So reports the Washington Post.

The trademark board can refuse applications for trademarks that disparage persons, institutions, beliefs or national symbols. The trademark at issue had been applied for by anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller, who is known for spearheading the 2010 charge against construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. 

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