re: Trademark board rules against Washington Redskins name

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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.

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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:
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