U.S. patent office cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging

Washington Post ^ | June 18, 2014 | Theresa Vargas

[QT3.14]

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.

[molson209]

Done to keep others in line ,If you do not Obey Obama Admin this could happen to you

[Kickass Conservative]

Does this mean I can’t buy Redskin Potatoes anymore?

[Gay State Conservative]

[TomGuy]

I have been telling the wife unit we need to find an old cigar store Indian and put it on the porch.

You could put it alongside a wrought iron lawn jockey and probably end up on the national news.

[Fightin Whitey]

Dan Snyder should change his team’s name to ‘Fightin’ Whiteys’

Been wondering about all those 301 area code calls I've been getting lately.

[Don Corleone]

New words will be added all the time, of course, but then new words must have an effective date, so we can eradicate all traces of the newly bad word in time to avoid the penalty and the irs audit.

This is right out of "1984" and Winston Smith rewriting history to make it keep up with political desires. Obama and his administration flacks MUST BE IMPEACHED! Do it now!!

[DoughtyOne]

Absurdity at it’s finest...

[tgusa]

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fighting+whities&qpvt=fighting+whities&FORM=IGRE

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

right next to the negro lawn jockey?

[tgusa]

;-)

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration ::

How far back does this trademark patent go?

Where does The Office find it’s prerogative to summarily rescind the previous actions of a Ptent Board long since deceased?

[Resolute Conservative]

I have one. He has on a yellow vest and red pants.

[afsnco]

We live in a violent and dangerous world, and these clowns get worked up about this minutiae. Stark raving insane.

[cdga5for4]

Washington Partisans or Washington Pork would be good nicknames.

[RightGeek]

[Logical me]

Hey, isn't communism wonderful? Just what King Obama wanted, hope and change. From freedom to suppression. From a robust economy to a third world population that so far still kept a pot to piss in.

Hey, miss Romney yet. None of this shi! would be happening.

[Ouchthatonehurt]