Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2001
FCUK trademark and domain-name litigation
French Connection challenged First Consultants UK Ltd over its use of the FCUK initials and the fcuk.com domain. The passing-off claim failed because the domain had been registered before French Connection applied for its UK trademark, and an injunction was refused.
2000
Controversy over FCUK advertising
The FCUK campaign was criticised for deliberately resembling a common misspelling of an obscenity. Complaints led the UK Advertising Standards Authority to require French Connection to submit poster campaigns for approval before publication, while the American Family Association urged a boycott.
2000
Threatened action over the CFUK parody
French Connection threatened legal action against Conservative Future after the political youth organisation briefly used “cfuk” as an abbreviated name.