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Washington Redskins : Does the USPTO care about disparaging trademark terms?

Posted by DomainGang on November 4, 2015, at 3:22 pm

The United States Trademark Office has a policy against trademark applications that contain disparaging terms. That includes vulgar words or descriptions, and even racist remarks. With that in mind, the USPTO canceled several registered trademarks owned by the Washington Redskins. As the “redskin” term was declared to be a racist reference to Native Americans, the […]

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