The Supreme Court will decide a case about an effort to cash in on a phrase about “diminutive” aspects of former President Donald Trump, a trademark dispute that could open public officials to more money-making criticism that uses their names.
The justices on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of a lower court ruling that allowed a trademark for “Trump too small.”
The case started with Steve Elster, who in a 2018 trademark application said he intended to “convey that some features of President Trump and his policies are diminutive” and sell it on T-shirts.
