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Obama lawyers go to court to fight Redskins over team name
washingtontimes ^ | Jan. 9, 2015 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 01/09/2015 6:18:30 PM PST by PROCON

The Obama administration joined a lawsuit opposing the Washington Redskins‘ team trademark on Friday, filing court papers to defend the federal law that gives the government the power to deny recognition to trademarks it believes to be disparaging.

The Patent and Trademark Office’s appeals board had revoked the NFL team’s trademarks last year, finding that they were offensive and so they weren’t protected under federal law. The Justice Department said it agrees with them, and will fight a lawsuit by the team’s owners seeking to overturn the federal Lanham Act as a violation of free speech.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doj; liberaltyranny; nfl; obama; redskins; washingtonredskins
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Some Indians have argued the name is an outdated slur that should not be given federal protections.

Read white, elitist, do-gooder liberals.

1 posted on 01/09/2015 6:18:30 PM PST by PROCON
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Ridiculous....


2 posted on 01/09/2015 6:19:44 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Really? ‘Cuz there’s nothing ELSE of IMPORTANCE going on in the world today?

We’re so screwed.


3 posted on 01/09/2015 6:20:01 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: PROCON

It’s not like there is nothing more important to do.


4 posted on 01/09/2015 6:20:33 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: PROCON

America-hating sociopath. This is sick.


5 posted on 01/09/2015 6:20:57 PM PST by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: PROCON

Waste of time!!

Seriously, where do we sign up for a class action lawsuit personally, against the people WASTING OUR TAXPAYER MONEY on this CRAP?!

6 posted on 01/09/2015 6:21:10 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: PROCON

Obama should be fighting ISIS instead of the Redskins owner.


7 posted on 01/09/2015 6:23:35 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: PROCON

Thank god that our president is FINALLY tackling this important issue...


8 posted on 01/09/2015 6:24:36 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: PROCON

The world is going to hell in a hand basket and this a$$clown is using our tax dollars to force a football team to change its name. Unbelievable.


9 posted on 01/09/2015 6:24:42 PM PST by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: PROCON

It hardly seems possible, but every day these Obolaholes find a way to make me despise them even more than I did yesterday. Every day!


10 posted on 01/09/2015 6:24:50 PM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: PROCON

How does the government even possibly have standing?

It has not been damaged, and neither has anyone else for that matter.


11 posted on 01/09/2015 6:25:24 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Is that Hans Gruber?


12 posted on 01/09/2015 6:25:26 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: PROCON

Big Chief say, “Obama lawyers who go to court to fight Redskins going to get scalped.”


13 posted on 01/09/2015 6:25:33 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("Hey, I don't appreciate your lack of sarcasm.")
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To: PROCON

Much more important than creeping world wide terror.


14 posted on 01/09/2015 6:29:12 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic!)
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Wait! What about styrofoam cups, takeout containers and yes, shipping peanuts? Geez people, get your priorities straight.
15 posted on 01/09/2015 6:29:12 PM PST by Octar
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16 posted on 01/09/2015 6:29:40 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: PROCON

The owner should exit the team from DC


17 posted on 01/09/2015 6:29:42 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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Much ado about absolutely nothing. But that is the trademark for the feckless fool on the hill: all form, no substance.
18 posted on 01/09/2015 6:30:13 PM PST by Fungi (Fungi--the reason we have antibiotics, cheese, bread, and wine.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Face palm...the pResident is such a loser. Does it really make a world of difference on what the little-o lawyers might accomplish in court? A shame that elsewhere lawyers did not attempt such a strong opposition in locating that birth certificate which has been missing for so many years.
Such a little ‘man’. Such a child.


19 posted on 01/09/2015 6:30:17 PM PST by V K Lee
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Wouldn’t Romney do the same thing? /sarc


20 posted on 01/09/2015 6:30:55 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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