{"id":3525,"date":"2014-06-18T16:25:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T20:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2014-06-18T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T20:25:15","slug":"federal-agency-cancels-redskins-trademark-registration-says-name-is-disparaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2014\/06\/federal-agency-cancels-redskins-trademark-registration-says-name-is-disparaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agency cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/redskins-trademark-canceled-475x267.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3527\" src=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/redskins-trademark-canceled-475x267-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Redskins Camp Football\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/redskins-trademark-canceled-475x267-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/redskins-trademark-canceled-475x267-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/redskins-trademark-canceled-475x267-400x224.jpg 400w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/redskins-trademark-canceled-475x267.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team\u2019s name \u201cdisparaging to Native Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was the second time such a case was filed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis victory was a long time coming and reflects the hard work of many attorneys at our firm,\u201d said lead attorney Jesse Witten, of Drinker Biddle &amp; Reath.<\/p>\n<p>Federal trademark law does not permit registration of trademarks that \u201cmay disparage\u201d individuals or groups or \u201cbring them into contempt or disrepute.\u201d The ruling pertains to six different trademarks associated with the team, each containing the word \u201cRedskin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/us-patent-office-cancels-redskins-trademark-registration-says-name-is-disparaging\/2014\/06\/18\/e7737bb8-f6ee-11e3-8aa9-dad2ec039789_story.html\">Federal agency cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team\u2019s name \u201cdisparaging to Native Americans. \u201dThe landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was the second time such a case was filed. \u201cThis victory&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,6],"tags":[1732,1734,1733],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3528,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions\/3528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}