The Supreme Court sides with a clothing designer in a First Amendment case involving 'scandalous' trademarks
Washington The Supreme Court struck down Monday a provision of federal law that prohibits the registration of"immoral" or"scandalous" trademarks as a violation of the First Amendment.
The justices' ruling clears the way for a clothing designer to apply for a federal trademark for his clothing line called FUCT.The 6-3 ruling could open the doors to more requests to register words or phrases that have been considered vulgar, a concern that the court's minority feared. Entrepreneur Erik Brunetti said he founded a clothing brand in 1990 to question authority and the assumptions of society. He said his company's name stands for"FRIENDS U CAN'T TRUST.
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