{"product_id":"trademarks-and-free-speech-conflicts-and-resolutions-hardback-9781108484770","title":"Trademarks and Free Speech; Conflicts and Resolutions (Hardback) 9781108484770","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrademarks and Free Speech\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConflicts and Resolutions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores how trademark and free speech rights can conflict and how registering certain trademarks can harm freedom of expression.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa P. Ramsey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108484770, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 January 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Lisa Ramsey's book is a comprehensive argument for reforming trademark law with greater attention to free speech principles. Rich with examples of overclaiming, it makes a strong case that both communication and product markets would be better off with a narrower trademark law focused on protecting consumers from deception that matters to them, rather than handing control of ordinary words to single owners across a broad swath of the economy.' Rebecca Tushnet, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Law School\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explores how trademark laws can conflict with the right to freedom of expression and proposes a framework for evaluating free speech challenges to trademark registration and enforcement laws. It also explains why granting trademark rights in informational terms, political messages, widely used phrases, decorative product features, and other language and designs with substantial pre-existing communicative value can harm free expression and fair competition. Lisa P. Ramsey encourages governments to not register or protect broad trademark rights in these types of inherently valuable expression. She also recommends that trademark statutes explicitly allow certain informational, expressive, and decorative fair uses of another's trademark, and proposes other speech-protective and pro-competitive reforms of trademark law for consideration by legislatures, courts, and trademark offices in the United States, Europe, and other countries.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Trademarks with Substantial Inherent Value\u003cbr\u003e 2. When Do Trademark and Free Speech Rights Conflict?\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Free Speech Framework for Trademark Law\u003cbr\u003e 4. Trademark Registration Laws Can Chill Protected Speech\u003cbr\u003e 5. Trademark Enforcement Laws Suppress Protected Speech\u003cbr\u003e 6. Inherently Valuable Expression in Trademark Law\u003cbr\u003e 7. Proposed Speech-Protective Reforms of Trademark Law\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Intellectual property law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Intellectual property law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Intellectual%20property%20law%20%5BLNR%5D%22\"\u003eLNR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415686902040,"sku":"9781108484770","price":85.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108484770i.jpg?v=1784423430","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trademarks-and-free-speech-conflicts-and-resolutions-hardback-9781108484770","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}