As the Washington Redskins fight to keep the team’s controversial trademarks, a federal appeals court made a ruling that could help the football team’s case.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled for the rock band The Slants, whose name was denied federal trademark registration because the government deemed it “disparaging” to people of Asian descent. A majority of the en banc Federal Circuit said the government can’t reject trademarks just because they’re offensive—the same argument the Washington football team is making in its case in the Fourth Circuit in Richmond.
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