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  1. January 18, 2018

    4th Circ. Formally Tosses Redskins Trademark Ruling

    Seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively decided the case, the Fourth Circuit on Thursday vacated an earlier decision that revoked the Washington Redskins' trademark registrations.

  2. June 30, 2017

    Native Americans Drop Redskins Suit After High Court Ruling

    Bringing a definitive close to legal battle that has spanned 25 years, a group of Native Americans on Thursday dropped its suit against the Washington Redskins, as anticipated after the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the federal government's ban on offensive trademark registrations was unconstitutional.

  3. April 27, 2016

    Redskins Say Feds' Lanham Act Defense Allows Content Ban

    The owners of the Washington Redskins told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has admitted in a U.S. Supreme Court petition in a parallel case that its arguments in favor of a ban on "disparaging" trademarks could allow for a content-based ban on copyright registration for original works.

  4. April 12, 2016

    Redskins Blast Government's Flanax Claim As 'Ironic'

    The Washington Redskins shot back Monday at the idea that a recent Fourth Circuit ruling on Bayer's "Flanax" trademark hurts the team's chances of reviving trademark registrations on its controversial name, calling the argument "ironic."

  5. April 08, 2016

    Feds Say Flanax TM Ruling Bolsters Case Against Redskins

    The Department of Justice told the Fourth Circuit on Thursday that the court's recent ruling on Bayer's "Flanax" trademark bolsters one of the government's key arguments in its high-profile case against the Washington Redskins.

  6. March 18, 2016

    'Redskins' Marks Rightfully Tossed, DOJ Tells 4th Circ.

    The Washington Redskins' name is "racially disparaging," and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board did not restrict the speech of the football franchise by canceling its trademark registrations, the U.S. Department of Justice told the Fourth Circuit on Friday.

  7. February 12, 2016

    'Redskins' Mark Is Dehumanizing To Natives, 4th Circ. Told

    About 45 Native American organizations across the country, five legal organizations and the Navajo Nation filed three separate briefs in the Fourth Circuit on Thursday saying that the Washington Redskins' team name is disparaging, psychologically damaging and dehumanizing to indigenous peoples.

  8. November 05, 2015

    'Redskins' Mark Ban Defies 1st Amendment, Profs Tell 4th Circ.

    A group of prominent First Amendment law professors threw their weight behind the Washington Redskins' argument that the cancellation of the team's trademark registrations is unconstitutional in an amicus brief filed in the Fourth Circuit on Thursday.

  9. November 02, 2015

    Redskins Push 4th Circ. To Overturn 'Disturbing' TM Ruling

    The Washington Redskins kicked off an appeal aimed at reviving the team's trademark registrations Friday, urging the Fourth Circuit to reverse a "disturbing" decision and declare the federal government's ban on offensive marks unconstitutional.

  10. August 04, 2015

    Washington Redskins Appeal TM Case To 4th Circ.

    The Washington Redskins on Tuesday formally launched its appeal of a federal judge's ruling last month that the team's name is too offensive to Native Americans to be registered as a trademark.