WASHINGTON — Adult production company Lampoontang has filed an appeal with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after an examiner rejected its application to trademark its name.

According to www.xbiz.com , Lampoontang has tapped adult industry attorney Marc Randazza [pictured] to litigate a reversal.

The company contends a USPTO examiner arbitrarily rejected its application because of the term “poontang.”

Lampoontang President Doug Diamond said he’s disappointed by the actions of the USPTO, but that his “company has a role to play in fighting this kind of bias.”

Randazza said he the fight is worth it on constitutional grounds, because he believes Section 2(a) of the Trademark Act is unconstitutional. The law allows examiners to reject trademarks if they deem them “immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter.”

“I further believe that it has been used by examiners with personal agendas in order to discriminate against adult entertainment companies,” Randazza said.