re: Trademark board rules against Washington Redskins name

What about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish? As an Irish American, I feel stereotyped and disparaged.

Damn. They couldn't even give the black crackers matching uniforms.

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That's the thing, if the delay was the issue then and the use at the time of trademark is the focus then how can they overcome it simply by adding in new (younger) plaintiffs?

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This time they went with plaintiffs that had recently turned 18 and therefore were minors and unable to bring the claim until now. I read most of the decision, and I found it pretty convincing, but also wouldn't be shocked if it were overturned. The dissent indicated that the District Court in the prior case, facing a similar record, found that the evidence was insufficient (and apparently this finding was not overturned on the appeal that resulted in the case being throw out for other reasons), but I don't care enough to look into the details of the prior litigation.

The question in front of the board, in case anyone is interested, was whether the petitioners could show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a substantial composite of Native Americans found the term REDSKINS to be disparaging in connection with respondent’s services during the relevant time frame of 1967-1990.