U.S. Patent Office cancels trademark for Redskins football team

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > The Football Funhouse > U.S. Patent Office cancels trademark for Redskins football team

axeil: Feb 14, 2006

Nybble posted:

Rusty the Red Panda is the mascot Washington deserves.

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axeil: Feb 14, 2006

Nybble posted:

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# ¿ Jun 18, 2014 19:06

axeil: Feb 14, 2006

So I was talking with a friend about this last night and she said she wasn't really sure why the patent office was able to invalidate the trademark. Her argument was that invalidating it runs afoul of the First Ammendment. Does anyone have any more detailed legal info about the legal validity of removing the trademark? I tried to read the decision but I'm not a lawyer and it just confused me.

Essentially, why is the law banning the trademark of slurs constitutionally okay?

axeil fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jun 20, 2014

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