Patent office cancels Redskins trademarks

By Ben Brody @CNNMoney June 18, 2014: 10:16 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

The U.S. Patent Office has canceled trademarks belonging to the Redskins football team, saying they are offensive to Native Americans.
In a decision released Wednesday, the office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the "that these registrations must be canceled because they were disparaging to Native Americans."

The board also said it lacked the authority to prevent the team from continuing to use the trademarks. .

The decision came in response to a suit brought by what the board called "five Native Americans."

Does this mean anyone can now print and sell Redskins apparel etc?

I just heard about this....... pissed me off too.... 😠

I thought they were gonna drop the Washington moniker...

:-k

Though I believe they should change their name, this is a personal issue for Dan Snyder to decide. I am outraged that this is now political. I hope he sues and wins, a message needs to be sent that we are a democracy. This action is very heavy handed and just plain wrong.

I'm sure TW will fix this when he gets in the Senate..... 😟

I've renamed my party the Chief Wahoo party.

Look long and hard @ Ding Harry as he HAS been a driving force behind this. He is a disgusting POS

Dingy is as clean as the wind driven snow.....just ask his son.

I didn't care for the Chief Wahoo platform, and the chicks were hotter in the Blue Gums party. Plus Bloody hated them.

To think that there's seed from that Bassard that " others " will have to deal with in their lifetime is....heartbreaking!!

Life is Too short to have folks like that stealing oxygen away from the rest of us. Harry is a disgusting human being and it doesn't appear that his " fruit " rolled very far from the tree.

Paul his son has been involved in his shady realestate deals

In theory, yes.

I know, and I'm certain they were behind the BLM / cattle fiasco as well. But alas and far be it from me to understand WHY are these people SO insulated from the LAW??? Rather they ( Bundy's )owed back taxes or not, you can BET the farm that Harry and CO. Allowed the " back taxes " to accumulate so they had a " legal " reason to Throw them off Federal land, and of course collect those taxes.

Personal responsibility is a lost expectation, but back to the Redskins......

What if when they change their name they actually get good? that would suck.

Washington Bullets!

Obamaskins... 😟

They need a name that reflects beltway bandits and career government workers.

Maybe "Thieves"

With ALL due respect, where does it end? When the Law and or Constitution begins to work " Harder " for the individuals rights OVER what the Majority believe .....we're screwed. As you pointed out and I agree, this is a privately owned business and if the Indian Nation is offended then I would expect them to NOT SUPPORT that team or it's owner. But to force political correctness on others is every BIT as wrong headed. Where the HELL is all this false outrage coming from lately anyway? It's not like he just bought and named his team. I'm personally " offended " by the whole Gay rights movement......my outrage goes unnoticed, and their Bill of Rights.....keeps growing.

someone was outraged... 😟