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  1. July 09, 2015

    Redskins Trademark Challenger Talks Road Ahead

    In the wake of Wednesday's ruling affirming the cancellation of the Washington Redskins' trademark registrations, the lawyer who won the decision chatted with Law360 about the future of his case, about Confederate license plates and about a certain rock band called The Slants.

  2. July 08, 2015

    Redskins Lose Battle To Restore Trademark Registrations

    A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday upheld the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to cancel the Washington Redskins' trademark registrations, striking down the argument that the federal government's ban on offensive trademarks is unconstitutional.

  3. June 30, 2015

    Redskins Slam Amicus Brief In Offensive Trademark Row

    The owner of the Washington Redskins fought a bid by Native Americans challenging the football team's name to introduce a parallel case's amicus brief, telling a Virginia federal court Tuesday that the brief discussing the Lanham Act was no authority.

  4. June 23, 2015

    Confederate Flag Ruling Called On In Redskins TM Fight

    Native American opponents of the Washington Redskins' team name have seized on the Supreme Court's hot-off-the-press ruling in a case over Confederate flag license plates, arguing in a Virginia federal court Tuesday that it supported the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision to cancel the marks.

  5. May 22, 2015

    Native Americans Again Aim To Exclude NFL Team's Evidence

    Native Americans embroiled in a dispute with the Washington Redskins' owner over the team's trademark registrations on Thursday told a federal court that previously unproduced evidence allegedly backing the significance of two Native American organizations that do not oppose the name was submitted too late.

  6. May 14, 2015

    Redskins' Owner Rejects Bid To Nix Evidence In TM Dispute

    The Washington Redskins' owner on Wednesday urged a Virginia federal court to deny a group of Native Americans' bid to exclude previously unproduced newspaper articles from a dispute over the team's trademark registrations, saying the evidence responds to allegations first raised in early April.

  7. April 30, 2015

    Native Americans Urge Judge To Exclude Redskins' Evidence

    A group of Native Americans urged a Virginia federal court on Wednesday to exclude eight previously unproduced documents from a dispute over the Washington Redskins' trademark registrations, calling the team's submission "untimely and improper."

  8. April 06, 2015

    Native Americans Argue Redskins' Marks Were Ineligible

    A group of Native Americans urged a Virginia federal court Friday to declare that trademarks held by the Washington Redskins contained content that may potentially disparage them, saying proof of actual disparagement is not required under the Lanham Act for the trademarks to not be eligible for registration.

  9. March 25, 2015

    DOJ Tells Redskins Lanham Act Doesn't Violate Free Speech

    The U.S. Department of Justice has urged a federal judge to reject the Washington Redskins' claim that federal restrictions on "disparaging" trademarks are unconstitutional, saying the team wants to disrupt a "careful balancing of interests developed over decades of trademark law."

  10. March 20, 2015

    Redskins Warn Court To 'Evaluate Evidence, Not Emotion'

    The Washington Redskins acknowledge that there's widespread criticism of their name and the use of American Indian imagery as sports mascots, but they also told a federal judge Thursday that the controversy "is not at issue" in a lawsuit over their trademarks.

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