U.S. Patent Office Cancels Redskins Trademark Registration, Says Name is Disparaging

The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, June 18, 2014 | Theresa Vargas

[kristinn]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team’s name “disparaging to Native Americans.”

The landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was the second time such a case was filed.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Good grief

[YourAdHere]

The e-mail that Barry sent them demanding this will also disappear mysteriously.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Cool. Now the Redskin logo will be all over the place.

[Gaffer]

Watch closely. America is in its end time.

[Vigilanteman]

What gives the United States Patent and Trademark Office the authority to cancel a registration which they duly issued more than a half-century ago?

[Fester Chugabrew]

This reads like a Semmens post.

[Mr Rogers]

We don’t know what to do with Iraq, but we sure can get someone for saying “redskin”! I assume all old westerns will soon be banned from cable because they are evil?

[chopperman]

This means we can produce all the redskins tshirts we want to legally.

[mountainlion]

The FBI, IRS and justice department are intimidating names and should be given Orwellian changes. Irs should be the department of giveaway.

[don-o]

Where is the satire tag?

[Fester Chugabrew]

Is not the net effect that any number of Redskins teams may now be established?

[Red Badger]

Next up: Florida State Seminoles, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Indian Motorcycle Company..................

[sten]

govt coercion

they have no standing in law, so they will start to apply pressure to advertisers and any forms of property they can

these people need to get late night visits by men on horseback riding into their bedrooms wielding a ball & chain

[Red Badger]

It means that you and I can use the name and logo on anything we want to sell.......................

This is stupid beyond belief, and I’m a COWBOYS fan!..................

[Awgie]

Just change their mascot from the Native American Chief, to a Potato...that way they can still be the “Redskins.”

[detective]

Now go after the Chiefs, Indians, Braves and Blackhawks.

[Darksheare]

Obama declared it so, so it must be so.
As Obama has written and bloviated, so it must be.
/ baaaaaaaarf

[Fester Chugabrew]

I think I’ll whip up a batch of Redskins helmets and take them to the Navajo nation to sell tee-pee to tee-pee.

[deoetdoctrinae]

The new politically correct logo has just been released. /s