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ny_quantЯ, конечно, до сегодняшнего дня и не знал о такой компании. Дети, как выяснилось, тоже не знают. Забавный вышел казус.
Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart referred to the brand name as a "profane past participle form of a well-known word of profanity and perhaps the paradigmatic word of profanity in our language."
The government, he maintained, can deny trademark protection for that word. The justices pointed to a chart showing which terms had been granted trademarks by the government, and which ones had not. Most of the names on the chart — those granted and not granted — are not suitable for a general audience. [ROFL]
Suffice to say that while "FUCT" did not win trademark approval, "FCUK" did, and so did the well-known brand "FUBAR." The word "crap" was registered in a trademarked name 70 times, but the S-word was consistently denied.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/713632552/supreme-court-dances-around-the-f-word-with-real-potential-financial-consequence
Вдруг подумал, что если бы у Дональда Кнута не было на конце h, то ещё неизвестно чем бы дело кончилось.
Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart referred to the brand name as a "profane past participle form of a well-known word of profanity and perhaps the paradigmatic word of profanity in our language."
The government, he maintained, can deny trademark protection for that word. The justices pointed to a chart showing which terms had been granted trademarks by the government, and which ones had not. Most of the names on the chart — those granted and not granted — are not suitable for a general audience. [ROFL]
Suffice to say that while "FUCT" did not win trademark approval, "FCUK" did, and so did the well-known brand "FUBAR." The word "crap" was registered in a trademarked name 70 times, but the S-word was consistently denied.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/713632552/supreme-court-dances-around-the-f-word-with-real-potential-financial-consequence
Вдруг подумал, что если бы у Дональда Кнута не было на конце h, то ещё неизвестно чем бы дело кончилось.
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Date: 2019-04-16 08:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-16 08:53 pm (UTC)Так что имеем то, что звучит как слово "nut".
Что может иметь значение "яйцо" в грубом смысле слова.
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Date: 2019-04-16 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-16 10:22 pm (UTC)Но объяснение с nut=testicle тут не проходит: зачем тогда приписывать k?
Я-то имел в виду дразнилку из повести Ивлина Во: Gilbert the Filbert, the Knut with a K.
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Date: 2019-04-16 09:08 pm (UTC)И неспроста, ох неспроста в Америке никто никогда не упоминает про Иммануила нашего Канта.
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Date: 2019-04-16 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-16 08:50 pm (UTC)Что характерно, суд они выиграли.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/19/533514196/the-slants-win-supreme-court-battle-over-bands-name-in-trademark-dispute
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Date: 2019-04-16 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-16 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-16 10:24 pm (UTC)Ради защиты бизнеса, я думаю. Представь себе, что у компании FUCT дела пошли очень хорошо, а trademark нет. Любой жулик может открыть свою компанию с таким же названием и начать пришивать FUCT к своей продукции.
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Date: 2019-04-17 12:13 am (UTC)