Trademark Takeaways From The Washington Redskins Case

Law360, New York (June 19, 2014, 3:31 PM EDT) -- The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a monumental decision Wednesday to cancel six registrations of the Washington Redskins. The basis for the cancellation was that the Redskins mark is a "scandalous or immoral" mark, which, under the Lanham Act (the federal trademark statute) is grounds upon which registration can be refused or canceled. ...

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