Posted on 06/20/2014 6:22:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is not a particularly admirable man. He tends to treat the Redskins as if he’s playing fantasy football. They tend to lose more often than they win. He’s not exactly a fan favorite. But Snyder isn’t taking the U.S. Patent Office’s ruling against his team lying down.
The team has released a statement saying the ruling “will have no effect at all on the team’s ownership of and right to use the Redskins’ name/logo”. They’re correct, but it does allow others to use the name as they wish…the just can’t trademark it either.
Which, in the short term at least, means we’re likely to see a whole lot of pirated Redskins merch hit the streets. Dan Snyder just won’t make any money from it.
For its part, the NFL is trying to be Switzerland. It’s not going to say anything in support of or opposition to the Patent Office’s decision.
At some point, the Washington Redskins will be forced to change their name. It’s only a matter of time. The hostile occupying force that is now the Beltway cannot abide anything less than total capitulation from the rest of us. After that, maybe Washington will see fit to force Oklahoma (translation: “red people”) to officially call itself “Texas’ Pan-Shaped Hat.”
Snyder could have some fun with a Redskins renaming contest, though. Twitter has lit up with alternative names. Snyder could poll test them to see which ones capture Americans’ current attitudes.
What do you think the Redskins’ new name should be?
Washington RedTapes (12%, 154 Votes)
Washington Extremists of Undetermined Religious Background (20%, 252 Votes)
Washington Desk Jockeys (3%, 35 Votes)
Washington Bolsheviks (40%, 496 Votes)
Beltway Bandits (26%, 322 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,242
Mark Levin did a segment on common law and said that anyone using the trademark can be sued by Dan Snyder. You’ll have to listen to his podcast of this - it was very informative. This ruling doesn’t mean crap.
Washington Redskin Potatoes ... Looking forward to seeing them play against the Edmonton Eskimo Pies.
The Washington Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers
Make it simple and screw them at the same time. Indians!
Los Pieles Rojos de Washington
Alabama From Alabama River by early European explorers and named "Alibamu" after the local Indian tribe
Alaska Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”
Arizona Uncertain. Perhaps from the O'odham Indian word for “little spring”
Arkansas From the Quapaw Indians
Connecticut From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Illinois Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa From the Iowa River which was named after the Ioway Indian tribe
Kansas From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Massachusetts From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Minnesota From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
Nebraska From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”
North Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
South Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Tennessee Of Cherokee origin; the exact meaning is unknown
Texas From an Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Wisconsin French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed
Wyoming From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”;
Read more: Origin of State Names | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html#ixzz35BbaZ26M
Apparently we have a lot of renaming to do.
The Washington Engines
Washington Kenyans
Washington Foreign Students
The author of this article is completely wrong on trademark law. That statement is simply false.
Washington Debt Jockeys
Washington Lobbyists
The Ambassadors.. in honor of — and a specific reminder about — Chris Stevens.
Pork Rinds or simply Pork.
The Washington Red Commies
San Antonio Bandits.
The Washington “Scalp-Taking Firewater-Drinking Casino-Operating Reservation-Dwelling Country-Losing Pox-Blanket-Sleeping Fish-Burying Corn-Eating Teepee-Building Smoke-Signal-Making Warlike Indigenous Primitive Wildmen.”
Washington Tea Party
The Rainbowskins.
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