Redskins lose trademark, Harry Reid says team will be 'forced' to change name

Washington Examiner ^ | June 18, 2014 | Paul Bedard

[Cheerio]

HUH? Losing a trademark doesn't FORCE them to do anyting. CONFISCATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH NO COMPENSATION - HOW IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?

[fhayek]

Outrageous.

[defconw]

Nazi Germany did it! If I were the owner I’d pull the team out of there.

[dead]

So change the name like Harry wants.

[allendale]

Coercive Federal government enforcing its politically correct preferences. Beware.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is Harry Reid a lawyer? I just read that it’ll take years for this to wind through the courts and in the meantime the Redskins will be able to sue for trademark infringement.

[HamiltonJay]

No, it doesn’t force them to do anything but it does mean that anyone and I do mean anyone can use their logo an trademark without paying the team one thin dime... so effectively they and the NFL will lose millions of dollars of revenue a year. This is nothing more than extortion.

There is no part of government liberals will not abuse to get their way.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[thackney]

Please, oh please change the name.

I like the sound of the San Antonio Redskins myself.

[plsvn]

HOW IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?

It absolutely doesn't make sense to even complain about it. If Dingy Harry is so upset about the term "Redskins", why isn't he apoplectic about the state name Oklahoma? It translates to Red Man. Isn't that just as offensive as Redskins, Harry?

[elhombrelibre]

Reid should be forced to change his name to something more accurate.

[Boojum]

Harry Reid should be forced to change his name to Prisoner #156472.

[Nowhere Man]

I’m Native American and I’m not offended. Although I am of German and Swedish heritage on Mom’s side and Russian, Russian Jew and Serbian (my last name is of Kosovo Serbian origin) on Dad’s, I was born here so I consider myself Native American.

[brooklyn dave]

We could name the team after him-—The Dingettes!

[Zathras]

You legally can’t do this.
Registered Trademarks including its color and font is legally protected.

Same reason they can’t change there name to “Apple” or “IBM”

[a fool in paradise]

So when is NWA (Niggaz With Attitude) going to have to surrender their trademark?

[immadashell]

Names that fit: change “dingy” to “a**hole”.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“I like the sound of the San Antonio Redskins myself.”

I prefer the San Antonio Bandits. There logo would be the hat from Rodeo San Antonio.

[DoodleDawg]

If they are forced to drop the name “Redskins” then drop it and don’t replace it with anything. If they can’t be the Washington Redskins football team then just be the Washington football team. That makes the statement that there is one, and only one name for that football team and they’re not allowed to use it.

[Lmo56]

Next on the chopping block: