On Wednesday, the appeals board of the Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Washington Redskins trademarks — including the team's stylized Indian head logo — saying the Redskins name is “disparaging to Native Americans.” The patent appeals board sided with five Native Americans who argued that the Redskins name and its accompanying trademarks should've never been registered by the Patent Office, because the name disparages Native Americans. The five defendants — Amanda Blackhorse, Phillip Glover, Marcus Briggs-Cloud, Jillian Pappan and Courtney Tsotigh — have been fighting for eight years to cancel the team's trademarks, arguing that trademarks “may not disparage” individuals...
- 6/18/2014
- by Ira Teinowitz
- The Wrap
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