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Tag: Redskins

Posted on April 29, 2022 Section 2(a)

Redskins redux

Remember the Washington Redskins trademark tussle? CNBC reports that it’s back — again — and better than ever. This time the focus is an interesting... Read more

Posted on December 23, 2021 Section 2(a)

43(a)? It’s not for me to say

I’m kind of tired of In re Tam also.  But I have been a bit surprised that there has not been a more discussion, or... Read more

Posted on November 20, 2021 Section 2(a)

The ACLU’s strange bedfellows

Here’s some news:  The American Civil Liberties Union says the Redskins are wrong, damned wrong — but they’ve got every right in the world to... Read more

Posted on October 26, 2021 Section 2(a)

Redskins redux 2

I didn’t have a chance to mention that last month, the order denying the legal challenge to the Washington Redskin’s use of its trademark American... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Section 2(a)

Free speech about trademarks and free speech

Speech about trademarks, trademark registrations and free speech have bubbled so verily to the top of the public imagination that it’s all over the official organ... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Section 2(a)

The Redskins appeal brief in Pro-Football v. Blackhorse

Originally posted 2015-10-31 20:54:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Section 2(a)

Trademarks, the Redskins and the constitution

The NFL’s brief on the issue you’ve read about everywhere, including here, is now out and about (courtesy of John Welch): NFL v Blackhorse – The... Read more

Posted on April 19, 2021 Section 2(a)

“Indian givers” (part 1)

For years I’ve been complaining that so much of the excitement in intellectual property law jurisprudence these days involves policy-making by judges and the PTO. How... Read more

Posted on July 29, 2020 Section 2(a)

A certain NFL team is on the warpath

Sorry about the pun — but then again, I’m not the PTO; then again, too, my attitude toward “scandalous and offensive” ethnic marks is different... Read more

Posted on March 21, 2016June 24, 2017 Section 2(a)

“Indian givers” (part 2)

[Note: This post was written before the December 22, 2015 Federal Circuit opinion in In re Tam, and, of course, subsequent developments.] Yesterday I ended part... Read more

Posted on December 27, 2015April 28, 2016 Section 2(a)

So, how about those Redskins?

I’ve been writing about the Redskins and the tribulations — and, as it turns out, trials — of their REDSKINS trademarks since long before that... Read more

Three Wise Monkeys
Posted on September 13, 2015March 23, 2017 Free Expression

Laws don’t kill free speech, legislators do

All is proceeding as I have foreseen: http://t.co/NMS2CBQjdO https://t.co/Mgi79j8ieP — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) September 10, 2015 Originally posted 2015-09-13 12:50:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on July 8, 2015July 10, 2015 Section 2(a)

Another bad season for the Redskins

The Eastern District of Virginia has ruled (link to opinion here) on the summary judgment motions in Pro Football v. Blackhorse in the NFL’s appeal to the District... Read more

Posted on June 19, 2015June 29, 2015 Section 2(a)

Friends of the court, friends of the First Amendment

The approved and publishable amicus briefs in the appeal regarding the trademark registration of THE SLANTS are trickling in. Certainly interesting to see who is... Read more

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