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US Patent & Trademark Office rejects application for Washington Football Team trademark
Posted on 6/20/21 at 11:57 am
Posted on 6/20/21 at 11:57 am
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Via Sam Fortier of the Washington Post, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has refused the franchise’s request for trademark protection of the Washington Football Team name. The agency concluded that the name refers to a geographic area that is too generic, and that the notorious trademark squatter Martin McCaulay already has submitted an application for the name. (The first conclusion seemingly would invalidate McCaulay’s claim, too.)
It’s only the beginning not the end, and the process will continue. And the outcome of the process has no relevance to whether the team can use the name. The only question is whether the name can be protected for marketing purposes.
That’s more than enough to push the team toward a different name. Indeed, the team faced an extended attack on the trademark rights of its prior name, under the notion that, if the trademark rights were scrapped and anyone/everyone could sell merchandise bearing the name, the team would abandon it.
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Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:09 pm to RLDSC FAN
Welp, redskins it is then
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:09 pm to RLDSC FAN
How 'bout, in honor of being rejected and losing their name, call them the "DC Rejects"?
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:27 pm to RLDSC FAN
Good. Come up with a fricking nickname, asshats.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:41 pm to RLDSC FAN
Damn. I wonder if there's another name they can use that has a long history with the franchise and couldn't reasonably be confused with a different entity?
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
Well they're by right.
It's too generic.
It's like trademarking...the word sky.
Stop being gutless and pick a name you can actually own and merchandise. How about the Washington Generics? That about sums up their response the last few years.
It's too generic.
It's like trademarking...the word sky.
Stop being gutless and pick a name you can actually own and merchandise. How about the Washington Generics? That about sums up their response the last few years.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:53 pm to Domeskeller
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Good. Come up with a fricking nickname, asshats.
It was to troll the clowns in the media who wouldn’t say Redskins
This post was edited on 6/20/21 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:57 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Stop being gutless and pick a name you can actually own and merchandise.
I think Snyder was hoping to sell a bunch of WFT gear first, and then come up with a new name so fans would have to buy that merchandise as well.
So I'd like to send a Nelson Muntz style Haha in his direction.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:07 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Well they're by right.
It's too generic.
It's like trademarking...the word sky.
Washington Football Team is too generic?
Is Washington generic? Yes
Is Football generic? Of course
Is Team generic? Well, yeah
But collectively? I think it’s a pretty unique and specific term
You mentioned “sky” as an example.
The WNBA has the Chicago Sky and that is trademarked
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
There needs to be protection from trademark squatters
ETA
I would name them the Boars and just replace the face brand with a hog. Named after their OL.
ETA
I would name them the Boars and just replace the face brand with a hog. Named after their OL.
This post was edited on 6/20/21 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:11 pm to SPEEDY
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Washington Football Team is too generic?
Is Washington generic? Yes
Is Football generic? Of course
Is Team generic? Well, yeah
But collectively? I think it’s a pretty unique and specific term
As a University of Washington fan, I disagree.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:14 pm to Snoop Dawg
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As a University of Washington fan, I disagree.
How would that effect your team?
Are they commonly referred to as the Washington Football Team?
Because I honestly had never heard the term until the Redskins changed their name to that
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:15 pm to SPEEDY
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But collectively? I think it’s a pretty unique and specific term
You can’t imagine University of Washington apparel that states Washington Football Team?
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:19 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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You can’t imagine University of Washington apparel that states Washington Football Team?
Is that something that the university was producing prior to the redskin name change?
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:24 pm to SPEEDY
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Is that something that the university was producing prior to the redskin name change?
I don’t know. Certainly not going to look it up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have put out a t-shirt that says that on it at some point.
I would be really surprised if they’ve never used marketing material that says something like “Reserve tickets for the Washington Football Team’s fall season.”
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:25 pm to SPEEDY
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How would that effect your team? Are they commonly referred to as the Washington Football Team?
I hear it quite a bit. Usually when discussing football along with multiple other athletic programs.
The phrase “Washington football team” is too generic. “Washington Professional Football Team” is a more accurate/ less generic name for Daniel Snyder’s NFL franchise.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:53 pm to RLDSC FAN
I actually have come around on the WFT branding.
Wish they would keep it.
Wish they would keep it.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 1:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
No one is using The Washington Bullets anymore...that's pretty fitting.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 2:06 pm to Domeskeller
Washington Motherfrickers
Posted on 6/20/21 at 2:17 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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You can’t imagine University of Washington apparel that states Washington Football Team?
I can't think of a better way to frick a bunch of liberals in this situation, do it to one of their crown jewel shitholes since they caused all of this
This post was edited on 6/20/21 at 2:18 pm
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