Jun 24, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court Throws Out Federal Curb on Vulgar Trademarks
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said owners of vulgar and lewd product names can get federal trademark protection, ruling that a century-old restriction on those rights violates the constitutional free-speech guarantee.
Siding with the creator of a clothing line known as "FUCT," the justices threw out a federal law that banned the inclusion of "scandalous" and "immoral" trademarks on a government registry.
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