Kink.com owner Peter Acworth is fighting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark his website fuckingmachines.com. Acworth's company Cybernet [now Kink.com] originally applied for the trademark two years ago, but was denied on the basis of a statute dating back to 1905.
Acworth's attorney Marc Randazza filed an appeal June 5, which will now lead to a hearing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
"The Applicant respectfully challenges this characterization of the word 'fucking' and its allegedly 'offensive and vulgar' root: 'fuck,'" Randazza wrote. "[T]his much maligned four-letter word has no intrinsic meaning. Fuck [can] play a role as a figurative term, for example, 'to fuck' can also mean 'to deceive.' It is a word of force that can assist us in our expressions of joy when used as an infix, as in 'abso-fucking-lutely'. 'Fuck' helps us express rage when we scream 'fuck you' at a football referee, or at a motorist who has just cut us off in traffic. 'Fuck' can help us express pain, as it is quite frequently the first thing out of most men's mouths when they strike their thumb (accidentally) with a hammer. 'Fuck' is a vehicle for our disappointment, when we see that our report card is not as good as we had hoped, or when our significant other is late for dinner, or leaves us altogether. 'Fuck' is an old friend, who can always make us laugh."
Does this remind anyone of the AWESOME Monty Python sketch..."Useage of the Word Fuck?" Here is a lovely version done to enhance your viewing and listening pleasure.
Essin' Em
Read more about this at TimesOnline.co.uk
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