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re: Trademark board rules against Washington Redskins name
Posted on 6/18/14 at 10:47 am to GoGeauxGaux
Posted on 6/18/14 at 10:47 am to GoGeauxGaux
Well, the 1st amendment of the constitution gives the company the protection to use whatever name they see fit. The patent office, as an extension of the fed gov cannot limit the 1a. This will go to court.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 10:52 am to H.M. Murdock
Man I hope Dan Snyder fights the shite out of this.
Im off to the redskins site to buy a shirt in suport
Im off to the redskins site to buy a shirt in suport
Posted on 6/18/14 at 11:28 am to H.M. Murdock
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Well, the 1st amendment of the constitution gives the company the protection to use whatever name they see fit. The patent office, as an extension of the fed gov cannot limit the 1a. This will go to court.
No, it doesn't. The first Amendment gives the company the right to use whatever name it sees fit.
The US Trademark Office gives a company an exclusive right to use a name and gives a company the ability to enforce that right in court. And now it has decided that that giving the team the exclusive right to the word "Redskins" was a mistake.
This ruling doesn't say that the team can't refer to itself as the Redskins. It just means that they can't sue someone for making a shirt with the word "Redskins" on it because no one can own a trademark that is disparaging to people.
Here's the ruling:
LINK
Posted on 6/18/14 at 11:52 am to H.M. Murdock
quote:
Well, the 1st amendment of the constitution gives the company the protection to use whatever name they see fit. The patent office, as an extension of the fed gov cannot limit the 1a. This will go to court.
Lol I love all the OT constitutional scholars. The 1st A doesn't prevent the government from not awarding a trademark. The federal government isn't telling the team they can't have that name, they simply are not going to be trademark protected.
And I think the name should stay the same
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