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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancels the Redskins trademark
Posted on 6/18/14 at 8:57 am
Posted on 6/18/14 at 8:57 am
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus cannot be trademarked under federal law that prohibits the protection of offensive or disparaging language.
The U.S. PTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued a ruling in the case, brought against the team by plaintiff Amanda Blackhorse, Wednesday morning.
“We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered,” the board wrote in its opinion.
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Posted on 6/18/14 at 8:58 am to hendersonshands
Posted on 6/18/14 at 8:59 am to hendersonshands
Unbelievable
Our country is so weak minded
Our country is so weak minded
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:01 am to hendersonshands
i'm assuming they still have TM on color scheme, design of name and logo?
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:02 am to hendersonshands
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:02 am to VermilionTiger
This was filed 8 years ago... for the people who say this is brand new
quote:
“I am extremely happy that the [Board] ruled in our favor,” Blackhorse said in a statement. “It is a great victory for Native Americans and for all Americans. We filed our petition eight years ago and it has been a tough battle ever since. I hope this ruling brings us a step closer to that inevitable day when the name of the Washington football team will be changed. The team’s name is racist and derogatory. I’ve said it before and I will say it again – if people wouldn’t dare call a Native American a ‘redskin’ because they know it is offensive, how can an NFL football team have this name?”
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:04 am to ballscaster
This is so stupid. A non-issue played up almost entirely by white people just will not die.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:05 am to hendersonshands
Thankfully the company I work for will give me the opportunity to move out of this country before it gets any worse. Such an embarrassment.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:06 am to hendersonshands
so I guess it's really happening
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:06 am to hendersonshands
quote:
prohibits the protection of offensive or disparaging language.
This sounds like a total violation of the 1st amendment to me.
This post was edited on 6/18/14 at 9:06 am
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:06 am to hendersonshands
Change it to whiteskins and the mascot could be an old englishmen handing blankets to everyone.
I am part Native American so I can make jokes like this.
I am part Native American so I can make jokes like this.
This post was edited on 6/18/14 at 9:07 am
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:07 am to VermilionTiger
quote:Agreed. We all agree that people have the right to use whatever kind of offensive language they like, but how weak a nation we are to expect federal protection of such language through trademarks and patents. If Dan Snyder wants to use a racist moniker for his football team, he'll have to do so with no patent/trademark assistance from the federal government. Sure, some of you big-government types will disagree with me, but I'm just a small-government guy who thinks that people should be responsible for their own social offenses without needing the government to help.
Our country is so weak minded
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:07 am to RB10
What a drama queen.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:08 am to hendersonshands
Someone was listening to DP
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:09 am to Ba Ba Boooey
Actually wasn't. I just saw it pop up on da Twitter.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:10 am to hendersonshands
This isn't as big of a deal.
It's not that offensive, and the fact that the government took away the trademark isn't the end of the world.
It's not that offensive, and the fact that the government took away the trademark isn't the end of the world.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:10 am to ballscaster
quote:It is the federal government's constitutional duty to protect free speech.
Agreed. We all agree that people have the right to use whatever kind of offensive language they like, but how weak a nation we are to expect federal protection of such language through trademarks and patents. If Dan Snyder wants to use a racist moniker for his football team, he'll have to do so with no patent/trademark assistance from the federal government. Sure, some of you big-government types will disagree with me, but I'm just a small-government guy who thinks that people should be responsible for their own social offenses without needing the government to help.
Dipshit.
This post was edited on 6/18/14 at 9:12 am
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:11 am to hendersonshands
So no more calling that team "Deadskins". 
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:12 am to PrimeTime Money
sheep
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