U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property
Jun. 25, 2019
High court strikes down patent office’s standard of ‘immoral’
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Monday that a Los Angeles-based clothing designer can register his apparel line, FUCT, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, striking down a federal ban on trademarks deemed “immoral” and “scandalous.”
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Monday that a Los Angeles-based clothing designer can register his apparel line, FUCT, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, striking down a federal ban on trademarks deemed "immoral" and "scandalous."
The high court voted 6-3 to affirm the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision, which ruled the PTO's refusal to grant the trademark was unconstitutional. Justice Elena Kagan auth...
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