Ukraine’s border force cannot trademark the anti-Russian wartime insult, “Russian warship, go f**k yourself,” because it is a political slogan, an EU court decided Wednesday.

The final communication from a Ukrainian border guard during the 2022 Snake Island campaign became a rallying cry for Ukrainians, but judges ruled it is a noncommercial slogan.

The EU General Court on Wednesday said it “observed that a sign is incapable of fulfilling the essential function of a trademark if the average consumer does not perceive, in its presence, the indication of the origin of the goods or services ...

Ukraine's border guard force cannot register a trademark in the European Union on its wartime insult "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" because it is a political slogan, the EU General Court said on Wednesday.

The phrase has become a symbol of Kyiv’s resilience against Moscow — but that didn’t clear the bar for EU intellectual property enforcers or judges in Luxembourg.