U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by salimmadjd » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:11 PM UTC

U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team
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Re: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by uptown » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:20 PM UTC

An interesting visualization showing the land seized from Native Americans in the United States.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/06/17/interactive_...

Re: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by bruceb » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:21 PM UTC

According to Deadspin:

The cancellation of the Redskins' trademarks will not have an immediate impact. They will appeal, and be allowed to continue exclusively using the trademark in the meantime. But should the cancellation stand up, there will be nothing on the federal level to stop random schmoes from selling Redskins gear, with logos and all.

One could imagine this having the perverse result of the team becoming more popular temporarily as now there is a bunch of cheap merchandise. I don't think it will come to that but it is slightly more likely than it was yesterday.

Re: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by protomyth » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

I'm not sure how to feel on this one. I doubt my dad (an enrolled member of one of the plains tribes) will be pleased as the Redskins are his favorite NFL team.

If I was the Apache Foundation, I would be looking for another name.

Re: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by bitJericho » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:34 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #4

I'm not sure how to feel on this one. I doubt my dad (an enrolled member of one of the plains tribes) will be pleased as the Redskins are his favorite NFL team. If I was the Apache Foundation, I would be looking for another name.

Apache is not a derogatory name for an American Indian.

'"Redskin" is a term for Native Americans. Its connotations are a subject of debate,[1] although the term is defined in current dictionaries of American English as "usually offensive",[2] "disparaging",[3][4] "insulting",[5] and "taboo." [6]'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redskin_(slang)

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Post by imsofuture » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:35 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #4

I'm not sure how to feel on this one. I doubt my dad (an enrolled member of one of the plains tribes) will be pleased as the Redskins are his favorite NFL team. If I was the Apache Foundation, I would be looking for another name.

Not sure 'apache' is quite the same as 'redskins'.

Re: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by protomyth » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:40 PM UTC

bitJericho wrote: post #5

protomyth wrote: post #4

I'm not sure how to feel on this one. I doubt my dad (an enrolled member of one of the plains tribes) will be pleased as the Redskins are his favorite NFL team. If I was the Apache Foundation, I would be looking for another name.

Apache is not a derogatory name for an American Indian. '"Redskin" is a term for Native Americans. Its connotations are a subject of debate,[1] although the term is defined in current dictionaries of American English as "usually offensive",[2] "disparaging",[3][4] "insulting",[5] and "taboo." [6]' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redskin_(slang)

Well, Apache is the name of a group of tribes and they might decide they want the website back.

And I take a bit of an offense at you telling me or my Dad what you think Redskin means versus what he grew up with and myself growing up on a reservation with the slang "skins" being used often and not in anyway like your dictionary definition probably written by someone who had never set foot on a reservation.

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Post by protomyth » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:42 PM UTC

imsofuture wrote: post #6

protomyth wrote: post #4

I'm not sure how to feel on this one. I doubt my dad (an enrolled member of one of the plains tribes) will be pleased as the Redskins are his favorite NFL team. If I was the Apache Foundation, I would be looking for another name.

Not sure 'apache' is quite the same as 'redskins'.

The Apache group of tribes probably have a much stronger case with an WPO or trademark claim now to get the name and website (apache.org).

Re: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

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Post by iterationx » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:47 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #7

bitJericho wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apache is not a derogatory name for an American Indian. '"Redskin" is a term for Native Americans. Its connotations are a subject of debate,[1] although the term is defined in current dictionaries of American English as "usually offensive",[2] "disparaging",[3][4] "insulting",[5] and "taboo." [6]' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redskin_(slang)

Well, Apache is the name of a group of tribes and they might decide they want the website back. And I take a bit of an offense at you telling me or my Dad what you think Redskin means versus what he grew up with and myself growing up on a reservation with the slang "skins" being used often and not in anyway like your dictionary definition probably written by someone who had never set foot on a reservation.

For some reason, liberals like to be offended on behalf of other groups.

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Post by badman_ting » Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 2:49 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #2

An interesting visualization showing the land seized from Native Americans in the United States. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/06/17/interactive_...

A more humorous look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZr7ADxLff8#t=0m38s