"The government is defending the statutory provision passed by Congress that prohibits registration of certain marks. That this one involves a reference to Trump is really just a coincidence, though obviously makes for an interesting juxtaposition," said Mark McKenna, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. "In effect they are defending the ability of the government to protect Trump from criticism, even though that's not the specific intent of the statutory provision."
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