US Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Ban on Profane Trademarks

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether a federal law that blocks trademarks for brand names or logos bearing profane words or sexual imagery violates free speech rights in a case involving a clothing brand called "FUCT."    The justices will hear the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's appeal of a lower-court decision that the agency should have allowed fashion designer Erik Brunetti to trademark the "FUCT" brand name, which sounds like,...

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