Washington Redskins: Court Overrules Trademark Law Used to Challenge NFL Team's Name

[Alex.]

"The D.C. Circuit Court ruled that the federal Lanham Act's ban on "disparaging" trademark registrations is viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.

The ruling came in a separate case filed in 2013 by members of an Oregon band called The Slants, who were refused a registration of their trademark on the grounds that their name is offensive to Asian Americans.

The federal court in D.C. now says it’s unconstitutional for the government to refuse to register trademarks because it disapproves of the messages or concludes that they may be disparaging to others."

Boost for Redskins? Court rules against trademark law used in NFL case | Fox News

The gov't should stay out of this.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Great. Now let's win a fucking playoff game for once in the last million years.

 

[blackhawk]

I believe this has been used before to try and get the Redskins to change their name it didn't work then extremely unlikely it will now. This ruling will likely send Lakhota over the edge though.

 

[Blackrook]

It's not the government's business to tell people what they can use as a trademark.