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Opinion: Fight against Redskins marks a waste of time
Tuesday, October 7, 2003
"Native American activists have apparently become spoiled children of political correctness. That pampering finds expression in their attempt to censor words or displays that they find disagreeable.
Exemplary has been their 11-year-old endeavor to cancel six federal trademark registrations of the Washington Redskins professional football team. Susan Shown Harjo and six other Native Americans have insisted since 1992 that use of the word "redskin" "may ... disparage" Native Americans, and may cast them into "contempt or disrepute" in violation of the Lanham Trademark Act of 1946."
Get the Story:
Bruce Fein: Redskins win over PC
(The Washington Times 10/7)
Get the Decision:
Pro-Football,
Inc. v. Harjo (September 30, 2003)
Recent Decision:
Pro Football
Inc. v. Harjo (March 4, 2003)
Patent and Trademark Office Ruling:
Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board (1999)
Relevant Links:
Redskins -
http://www.redskins.com
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