US Department of Justice intervenes in Redskins case
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has thrown its weight behind the country’s IP office following a decision last year to strip professional football team Washington Redskins of six trademarks.
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9 February 2015 A US politician has introduced a bill that would officially declare the word ‘redskin’ offensive and make it impossible to register it as a trademark, despite there being a pending lawsuit covering similar issues.
9 March 2015 The American Civil Liberties Union has lent its support to the Washington Redskins National Football League team in a dispute surrounding the decision to strip the team of six of its trademarks.
25 March 2015 The US Patent and Trademark Office did not violate the Washington Redskins’s right to free speech when it cancelled six of its trademarks last year, the US Department of Justice has claimed.