Develop a discussion which includes the following: Issue, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion: (IRAC Method) from the following case.

Matal Vs. Tam

Simon Tam is the lead singer of a musical group known as The Slants. Members of the band are Asian Americans. Although Slants has been used as a derogatory term for persons of Asian descent, Tam and the other band members believe that by taking the term as the name of their group, they will help to reclaim the term and drain its denigrating force.

Tam sought to have THE SLANTS registered as a trademark on the federal Principal Register. An examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) denied Tams application, invoking a Lanham Act provision (referred to here as the disparagement clause). That provision bars the registration of trademarks that may disparage or bring into contemp[t] or disrepute any persons, living or dead. In the examining attorneys judgment, THE SLANTS was disparaging with regard to persons of Asian descent. Are first amendment rights being violated?