"The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a new
front in the battle over free speech and will decide whether trademark
protection can be refused to brands the federal government finds vulgar
or lewd.
The case involves a decision of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny trademark registration to a
clothing line called FUCT.
The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down the century-old ban on
protecting “scandalous” and “immoral” trademarks as a First Amendment
violation, and the Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to
reverse the decision...
