United States trademark law applies special scrutiny to surname-based marks, and anyone considering such branding needs to be aware of the legal and practical issues that can arise.

While senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has received some relief in at least two of the defamation cases filed against him, ...

This will be the third group lawsuit seeking the right to use dual surnames. The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 and 2021 that the one-surname system is constitutional.

Only the truly curious even ask. And when a Harvard University student recently inquired about my name, she was clear that she wanted to know about my surname. She repeated it three times out loud ...

A Lower House debate on a selective surname bill signifies the first time in 28 years for the issue to make it to the Diet. However, there are no prospects for the bill to be passed before the ...

Opposition members in Goa's legislative assembly raised concerns about misuse of traditional Goan surnames by outsiders to obtain government benefits and establish fake identities. In response, Chief ...

If both parents decide to bestow a single surname to the child, that's OK as well. According to the court's statement, automatically assigning the father's surname was unconstitutional.