The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademarks citing that the name is "disparaging to Native Americans.” This is the most significant hit to the Redskin name to date and might put some pressure on owner Daniel Snyder to consider a name change.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, an independent tribunal within the USPTO ruled 2-1 that the name is offensive and that the trademarks will be dropped. In part of their statement they spoke about their ruling.
"Petitioners have found a preponderance of evidence that a substantial amount of Native Americans found the term Redskins to be disparaging when used in connection with professional football," the ruling said. "While this may reveal differing opinions with the community, it does not negate the opinions of those who find it disparaging.”
The Redskins have announced they will appeal the ruling like they did in 1999, in which the appeal lasted four years before Washington won. This is the latest bump in the road for Washington as the world keeps insisting that they change their team name from the term that many Native Americans believe is a slur against them.
The Redskins will keep the trademarks during the appeal process as they did the last time this happened.
The last time the #Redskins were denied trademarks was in 1999. 4 years later, they won on appeal. So… buckle up. Might be a while
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 18, 2014
The Redskins' attorney confirmed in his statement what is obvious -- That the team will appeal the cancellation of its trademarks. — Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) June 18, 2014
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