Topic: US Supreme court tells Trump to Fuch FUCT FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK Off
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #88,204
Supreme Court allows foul language trademarks in F-word caseThe Supreme Court on Monday struck down a longstanding U.S. ban on trademarks on “immoral” or “scandalous” words and symbols, ruling in a case involving a clothing brand with an indelicate name that the law violates constitutional free speech rights.
The justices ruled against President Donald Trump which defended the law that had been in place since 1905, and in favor of Los Angeles streetwear designer Erik Brunetti, who was turned down by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when he sought to trademark his brand name FUCT.
All Nine Justices Agreed In The Decision
Written by liberal Justice Elena Kagan that the prohibition on “immoral” trademarks ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment right to free expression. However, three justices wrote dissents to say the bar on “scandalous” trademarks should have been upheld.
The Supreme Court followed a course it took in 2017 when it struck down a similar law forbidding the registration of “disparaging” trademarks in a case involving an Asian-American dance rock band called The Slants, a name federal trademark officials had deemed offensive to Asians.
When the 2011 trademark application for FUCT was rejected, the Patent and Trademark Office noted that brand name sounds like a profanity - sometimes politely called the “F-word” - though is spelled differently, and concluded that Brunetti’s products contained sexual imagery, misogyny and violence.
“There are a great many immoral and scandalous ideas in the world (even more than there are swear words),” Kagan wrote in Monday’s decision, adding that the trademark law covers them all. “It therefore violates the First Amendment.”
| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| To many Fucks in headline | - | 0% | |
| Need more Fucks | 5 | 83% | |
| To Few Fucks in headline | 1 | 17% |
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I remember Fuchs. Ni?️?️a used to be a ?️ro, but he got creepy as hell ?
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FUCK yeah the supreme court is full of party animals who know how to party
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@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
I feel like it might be easy to explain but you don't want to. Which I respect
I feel like it might be easy to explain but you don't want to. Which I respect