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Redskins lose trademark, Harry Reid says team will be 'forced' to change name
Washington Examiner ^ | June 18, 2014 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 06/18/2014 10:59:40 AM PDT by Cheerio

In what some see as the first step to forcing the Washington Redskins football team to change their name, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday cancelled six federal trademarks of the team name because it's “disparaging” to Native Americans.

“Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the evidence that a substantial composite of Native Americans found the term REDSKINS to be disparaging,” said the decision.

Fans, however, won’t see any immediate change — even if Daniel Snyder’s team eventually loses in court. That’s because all the order will do is eliminate the trademark the team has on merchandise.

The Redskins are expected to appeal.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; redskins; reid
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HUH? Losing a trademark doesn't FORCE them to do anyting. CONFISCATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH NO COMPENSATION - HOW IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?
1 posted on 06/18/2014 10:59:40 AM PDT by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio

Outrageous.


2 posted on 06/18/2014 11:01:38 AM PDT by fhayek
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Nazi Germany did it! If I were the owner I’d pull the team out of there.


3 posted on 06/18/2014 11:01:49 AM PDT by defconw (LUTFA!)
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So change the name like Harry wants.


4 posted on 06/18/2014 11:01:59 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Cheerio

Coercive Federal government enforcing its politically correct preferences. Beware.


5 posted on 06/18/2014 11:02:11 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Cheerio

Is Harry Reid a lawyer? I just read that it’ll take years for this to wind through the courts and in the meantime the Redskins will be able to sue for trademark infringement.


6 posted on 06/18/2014 11:02:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million for ANY 2016 pro-2nd Amendment candidate.)
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No, it doesn’t force them to do anything but it does mean that anyone and I do mean anyone can use their logo an trademark without paying the team one thin dime... so effectively they and the NFL will lose millions of dollars of revenue a year. This is nothing more than extortion.

There is no part of government liberals will not abuse to get their way.


7 posted on 06/18/2014 11:03:25 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: dead

8 posted on 06/18/2014 11:03:41 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million for ANY 2016 pro-2nd Amendment candidate.)
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To: Cheerio

Please, oh please change the name.

I like the sound of the San Antonio Redskins myself.


9 posted on 06/18/2014 11:04:05 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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HOW IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?

It absolutely doesn't make sense to even complain about it. If Dingy Harry is so upset about the term "Redskins", why isn't he apoplectic about the state name Oklahoma? It translates to Red Man. Isn't that just as offensive as Redskins, Harry?
10 posted on 06/18/2014 11:05:52 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: Cheerio

Reid should be forced to change his name to something more accurate.


11 posted on 06/18/2014 11:06:07 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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Harry Reid should be forced to change his name to Prisoner #156472.


12 posted on 06/18/2014 11:06:09 AM PDT by Boojum
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I’m Native American and I’m not offended. Although I am of German and Swedish heritage on Mom’s side and Russian, Russian Jew and Serbian (my last name is of Kosovo Serbian origin) on Dad’s, I was born here so I consider myself Native American.


13 posted on 06/18/2014 11:06:24 AM PDT by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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We could name the team after him-—The Dingettes!


14 posted on 06/18/2014 11:08:24 AM PDT by brooklyn dave
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You legally can’t do this.
Registered Trademarks including its color and font is legally protected.

Same reason they can’t change there name to “Apple” or “IBM”


15 posted on 06/18/2014 11:08:54 AM PDT by Zathras
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So when is NWA (Niggaz With Attitude) going to have to surrender their trademark?


16 posted on 06/18/2014 11:09:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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Names that fit: change “dingy” to “a**hole”.


17 posted on 06/18/2014 11:10:15 AM PDT by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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“I like the sound of the San Antonio Redskins myself.”

I prefer the San Antonio Bandits. There logo would be the hat from Rodeo San Antonio.


18 posted on 06/18/2014 11:11:39 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: Cheerio

If they are forced to drop the name “Redskins” then drop it and don’t replace it with anything. If they can’t be the Washington Redskins football team then just be the Washington football team. That makes the statement that there is one, and only one name for that football team and they’re not allowed to use it.


19 posted on 06/18/2014 11:11:48 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Cheerio
Next on the chopping block:


20 posted on 06/18/2014 11:12:01 AM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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