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Posted on 06/18/2014 7:09:41 AM PDT by cripplecreek
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team’s name “disparaging to Native Americans.”
The landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was the second time such a case was filed.
“This victory was a long time coming and reflects the hard work of many attorneys at our firm,” said lead attorney Jesse Witten, of Drinker Biddle & Reath.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
It also means that, if they can cancel this patent, they can pretty much cancel any patent.
Supreme court here we come.
Probably won’t end well.
Supreme court here we come.
Probably won’t end well.
I can’t imagine this is doing much for the value of their merchandising stock.
I find the Pilsbury Doughboy offensive to obese people.
I am offended by it and it should be banned.
See how easy it is to destroy free speech & expression?
How do you cancel a Trademark that has been operational and utilized and in the public domain for decades???
The Trademark office needs to have its Trademark revoked.
they won’t have to give in, because they will be forced to sell the team to a consortium of PC believers who will change the name. the owner has already lost in the realm of public opinion, he needs to change the name immediately. some suggestions are:
The Washington Fascists
The Athletic Negroes
The Politically Correct Pussies
The Hairy Readers
The Washington Reds
the owner will sell for 2 billion tax free and be done with this circus.
May the ‘Redskins’ live forever.
We’re coming for Mrs Butterworth next.
Washington Homos
Drinkin’, Diddle, and Death.....a law firm I can support....
Washington Lampreys in honor of DC.
Washington DCs.
Is Cowboys disparaging to cowboys?
Is Redskins disparaging to Native Americans?
Only in the eyes of warped minds.
Ready for Hillary has same sense of humor as the NSA
No, the pro-Hillary activists aren’t tapping your phones, but they are just as humorless as the spy agency when mocked. In November, we reported that the NSA and Homeland Security Department were none too pleased about parody products sold online using an altered image of their logo, such as a T-shirt with: “Peeping while you’re sleeping” inside the NSA seal and under that, “The NSA, the only part of the government that actually listens.”
And that's where they - and the NFL - get a lot of money from. Strip them on the trademark and anybody and his brother can sell Deadskin items and not have to pay a fee. So just drop the nickname altogether and tell the NFL to screw themselves if they don't like it.
I confess that once Washington has been beaten into submission my fear is that my own Kansas City Chiefs will be the next target. Then the Cleveland Indians. And the Chicago Blackhawks.
No they have not given up, and with the two recent presidential victories it seems as if they are winning.
Can the Fascist States of America (FSA) be far behind?
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