Redskins TM canceled
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- slinky0
- ...the fact that this might be racist is "unsupported by substantial evidence." Laugh the f*ck out loud.prophetone
- yeah, sure, sounds good. hahaprophetone
- utopian0
Racial Slurs for Native Americans
http://www.rsdb.org/race/native_…
- CygnusZero40
Cracker Barrel is in big fucking trouble then.
- dorkKn1ght0
In what way is Chicago's team disparaging to native americans?
- blackhawks logojohnny_wobble
- WHITE SOXnb
- really this convo?ohhhhhsnap
- MHDC0
Red Skin People :/ thread in 3...2...
- boobs0
So, the Trademark was cancelled. But what about copyright? Don't they still have copyright over the logos and things like that?
I mean, Trademark is only one kind of protection.
- ukit20
So now everyone can be racist and use their trademark?
- MHDC1
- PonyBoy
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/i…
"In what might be the most significant pressure put on Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change his team's name, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the team's trademarks on the basis that it is "disparaging to Native Americans.""
Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City etc etc best get ready for this... and then there are all those college teams...
Also, their trademark is now 'toast'... that means anyone can use their logo / name as their trademark has been canceled. Of course they'll appeal... but their business is now a mess— they're a multimillion dollar company that was just told their 80 year old name / marketing materials are worthless.