Can a Phrase That Trolls Trump Be Trademarked? The Supreme Court Will Decide

  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    80% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"Elster countered that the federal appeals court correctly held that the First Amendment bars the trademark office from denying the registration on the ground that the phrase criticizes a former president."
Positive
10% Conservative
"The Supreme Court has previously ruled that trademark restrictions can burden private speech and violate the First Amendment."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Noting that Elster's application goes to the heart of the First Amendment, a unanimous panel found that the government caot restrict speech critical of public officials in the name of trademark law."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Rubio responded by calling attention to the size of Trump's hands."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Rubio responded by calling attention to the size of Trump's hands."
Positive
12% Conservative
"The statute makes it virtually impossible to register a mark that expresses an opinion about a public figure -- including a political message (as here) that is critical of the President of the United States, wrote Jonathan Taylor, a lawyer for Elster, in a court filing."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Steve Elster said in his application that the phrase is intended to serve as political commentary about the smallness of Donald Trump's overall approach to governing as president of the United States."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"He includes the phrase on the front of shirts, with Trump's positions on various issues on the back."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Federal law says no, but that may soon change thanks to a legal fight involving the size of former President Donald Trump's hands."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"The phrase comes from the 2016 Republican presidential primary when Trump repeatedly referred to Sen. Marco Rubio as Little Marco."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The phrase comes from the 2016 Republican presidential primary when Trump repeatedly referred to Sen. Marco Rubio as Little Marco."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The phrase comes from the 2016 Republican presidential primary when Trump repeatedly referred to Sen. Marco Rubio as Little Marco."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% :Elster countered that the federal appeals court correctly held that the First Amendment bars the trademark office from denying the registration on the ground that the phrase criticizes a former president.
48% :The Supreme Court has previously ruled that trademark restrictions can burden private speech and violate the First Amendment.
47% : Noting that Elster's application goes to "the heart of the First Amendment," a unanimous panel found that the government cannot restrict speech critical of public officials in the name of trademark law.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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