Legal Considerations

This section provides you with information you need to understand the laws protecting signage. Click on the links below for more information about a specific subject.


Legal Rights

Prior Restraint

FAQs about Legal Rights

U.S. Constitutional Amendments Pertinent to Signage - First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments

Trademarks and Logos - Federal Preemption / Lanham Trademark Act

 

Recommended Reading

Importance of the North Olmstead Sign-Ordinance Decision, Issue 31, Signline

Judiciary Scrutiny Under the First and Fourteenth Amendments: Impact on Sign Regulation, Issue 33, Signline

Professional Responsibility in Municipal Sign Code Writing, Issue 42, Signline

Eminent Domain and Compensation for Signage, Issue 49, Signline

Conspicuity and Readability, Issue 51, Signline