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  The Fourth Circuit recently ruled that a Defendant's online article entitled "NAACP: National Association for the Abortion of Colored People" did not violate the trademark rights of the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It, therefore, vacated the Eastern District of Virginia's injunction against the Defendant for its article criticizing the NAACP's stance on abortion. The appellate court observed that the Lanham Act's "reach is not unlimited," and that a finding in favor of the NAACP would risk infringing on the Defendant's "expressive right to comment on social issues under the First Amendment."