PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
This is a combined opinion in two cases on appeal from the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter Director or PTO). Both cases raise a question of first impression — under the provisions of the Lanham Act, may a local government entity obtain a federal trademark registration for the entity's official insignia. The "Lanham Act" is the commonly used name for the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended, 15 U.S.C....
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