In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus cannot be trademarked under federal law that prohibits the protection of offensive or disparaging language.



June 18, 2014 at 10:11PM

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