US Patent and Trademark Office rules that team's name cannot be trademarked, because it is offensive to Native Americans
The US Patent and Trademark Office announced on Wednesday that it is to cancel six trademark registrations belonging to the Washington Redskins, ruling that the NFL team's name is disparaging to Native Americans.
In a landmark decision, the patent office found that the name cannot be trademarked under federal law, which prohibits the protection of names that may be offensive or disparaging.
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