Blog Search

... an American football team’s name. On June 18, 2014, the PTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ordered, in a divided 2-to-1 decision, to cancel six of the Redskins trademark registrations on the ground that the term “Redskins” was disparaging Native Americans at the time of the registration. Amanda Blackhorse, Marcus Briggs-Cloud, Philip Gover, Jillian Pappan, and Courtney Tsotigh v. Pro-Football, Inc., 111 USPQ2d 1080 (TTAB 2014) [precedential]. In United States, like in many other ...