US Supreme Court to hear case on vulgar trademarks

The Court will weigh in on swearing as opposed to slang in trademarks. [AFP]

The US Supreme Court takes up Monday the government's refusal to register a trademark by a clothing line named "Fuct," and arguments should be, well, salty.

The case pits a provision of US trademark law that allows the government to deny requests on the basis of "immoral" or "scandalous" words against the bedrock principles of free speech enshrined in the Constitution.