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Pro-Football,Inc. v. Blackhorse et al

  1. March 09, 2015

    ACLU To Redskins: 'You're Not Wrong, You're Just An A**hole'

    The American Civil Liberties Union last week threw its weight behind Washington Redskins' constitutional right to trademark registrations on a team name that the group said is "offensive and perpetuates racism," telling the team: "You're not wrong, you're just an a**hole."

  2. February 27, 2015

    Redskins Challengers Say The Clock Didn't Expire On This Suit

    With the Washington Redskins aiming for a First Amendment victory, the American Indians who are challenging the team's trademarks asked a federal judge Thursday for a big ruling of their own: That their fight against the team isn't barred by the doctrine of laches.

  3. February 24, 2015

    Redskins Go For Quick Win On Free Speech Claim

    Months after their trademark registrations were canceled because they were deemed offensive to American Indians, the Washington Redskins asked a federal judge Monday to overturn the decision on the grounds that the federal rule prohibiting such "disparaging" marks is a violation of the First Amendment.

  4. January 09, 2015

    US Aims To Join Redskins Suit To Defend Lanham Act

    The U.S. government moved Friday to join the ongoing dispute over the Washington Redskins trademark registrations, saying it wanted to defend the constitutionality of the provision used to cancel the team's trademarks.

  5. November 25, 2014

    Judge Won't Toss Redskins Trademark Cancellation Suit

    A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by a group of American Indians to toss a suit brought against them by the Washington Redskins challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's ruling that the team's name is disparaging to Native Americans.

  6. September 22, 2014

    Redskins Should Have Sued USPTO, Not Indians: Blackhorse

    The group of American Indians who won the ruling earlier this year canceling the Washington Redskins trademark registrations urged a Virginia federal judge Monday to toss the team's appeal of the decision, saying the case was filed against the wrong defendants in the wrong court.

  7. August 14, 2014

    Washington Redskins Sue Over Trademark Cancellation

    The Washington Redskins on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's cancellation of its trademark registration on grounds the name is disparaging to Native Americans, calling the agency's decision "replete with errors of fact and law" and unconstitutional.