[Rennes Templar]

PC disease has even infected the Patent Office.

[thackney]

http://freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=redskins

[fwdude]

Soon, biblical churches will be deemed “disparaging” and will be criminalized. Count on it.

[headstamp 2]

This is the Obama Mafia getting it’s marching orders from the White Hut.

[csvset]

How's that sit with the NFL gangsters? Youze guys are messing wit our turf and we don't like it, see?

[sten]

govt coercion

when they don’t have laws to control you, they’ll find another way

[Carriage Hill]

Another way to take peoples’ stuff away.

[EDINVA]

ISIS is closing in on Baghdad, but POTUS can prioritize have “HIS” patent office pull the trademarks of a nearly 100 year old organization because HE deems the name “offensive” and/or “disparaging.” Total abuse of power by a petty little dictator.

[ilgipper]

Take that one to the Supreme Court. This government by force is way past being absurd.

[caligatrux]

Tyranny

[DonaldC]

I can’t see where the gov has moral, ethical or legal standing to deny a renewal. Not sure I can see this for a new patent either, but a little more understandable I think.

[So Cal Rocket]

Can we get someone named McCarthy or O’Brian to sue to get the “Fighting Irish” trademark rescinded?

I could use some cheap Notre Dame logo gear.

[Jess Kitting]

The ruling was made because the terms were found disparaging at the time they were registered.

The team was established in 1932.

Did they really find someone (alive now) who was "disparaged" by the name 82 years ago? Why did it take so long for the disparaged person to come forward?

Can a person be retroactively "disparaged." If so, I'd like to stake a claim on the name "Obama." It has been disparaging me for more than six years.

[Wonder Warthog]

I think someone needs to assign some readings to our bureaucrats as to the meaning of “ex post facto”. I hope (but doubt) that the teams owners take it to court, as I see no authority to do any such thing.

[molson209]

Harry Reid’s work again . Harry played a very part in the IRS Bull and now here he goes again

[I am Richard Brandon]

I’m here from the government and I’m here to help you. Thank you government, I need your help like I need a hole in the head!

[nascarnation]

I wonder if the Cleveland Browns are going to be similarly affected. Is it a modern day cultural sin to name your team after a famous Negro boxer?

[red-dawg]

Quick, somebody backup the Patent Office email servers!!

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Cleveland Indians, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Blackhawks and Atlanta Braves - YOU ARE NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!

[RatRipper]

Why is this not a violation of private property rights under the Constitution?

[vpintheak]

Ain’t no gangster, like a government gangster. Next poster it correct. People who follow Christ are soon to be next in this Country.