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The Washington Redskins filed its appeal in the Blackhorse case on August 14, 2014, stating their belief "that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ignored both federal case law and the weight of the evidence". They also cite infringement of their First Amendment right to free expression. [28]
Script logo used by the Redskins (1972–2020). Pro-Football, Inc. v. Harjo, 415 F.3d 44 (D.C. Cir. 2005), [1] is a case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia considered the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) to cancel the registration of the Washington Redskins football team, based on the claim that the ...
A second case was filed in 2013 by younger plaintiffs not affected by laches, led by Amanda Blackhorse. [55] [56] Once again, the TTAB found Redskins to be disparaging under the Lanham Act. [57] In December 2015, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the disparagement prohibition in the trademark law in a separate case (Matal v.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal trademark board ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's trademark protections should be canceled ...
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On July 9th, 1932, the team that ultimately would be known as the Washington Redskins was founded.Today, the name is at the center of a hot debate. On July 8th, 2015, a federal judge refused to ...
Blackhorse is the lead plaintiff in Blackhorse v.Pro-Football, Inc., [3] which seeks to revoke trademark protection of the term "Washington Redskins". [4] The case was actually begun by Susan Harjo, but Blackhorse is known by its rekindled efforts because her name is alphabetically first out of the new plaintiffs.
In the trademark case, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board placed significance on the NCAI opposition, estimating that the organization represented about 30% of the Native American population at the time the trademarks were granted, which met their criteria for a "substantial composite" of Native Americans finding the name disparaging. [10]