Friday, June 14, 2024 - The U.S Supreme Court has blocked a Californian man's attempt to trademark the 'Trump Too Small' phrase so he can sell shirts with it.
Steve Elster's bid to trademark the phrase "Trump Too Small"
which he's been using on t-shirts going for $25 was first rejected by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. He then claimed his First Amendment rights had
been violated, appealing the case all the way to Supreme Court which
ultimately heard the case.
Handing down the judgement on Thursday, June 13, the Supreme Court
justices said Elster's First Amendment rights was not violated because of a
documented history of trademarks being rejected when they include names of
living persons without consent.
The phrase was derived from Trump's beef with Marco Rubio during the
2016 presidential campaign. Trump had called Rubio "little Marco" and
he responded by saying, "Have you seen his hands? And you know what they
say about men with small hands."
Trump punched back in a 2016 debate, telling viewers "Look at those
hands. Are they small hands? And he referred to my hands, if they're small,
something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee
you."
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