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Redskins ask Supreme Court to hear trademark case
Amidst all the SportsHoopla surrounding Brady's appeal, the Norman signing, the implosion going on in the Liberty Bell city, the Redskins pulled off a pretty bold -- and IMO, somewhat peculiar -- legal move in their dispute over "REDSKINS" with the PTO. Their matter is currently pending before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. But they are somehow confident that, if SCOTUS hears their case as a companion matter to an Asian rock band denied a trademark for the name "The Slants", they can skip the court of appeals process and hopefully prevail on the argument that the PTO cannot censor an offensive name without violating the First Amendment.
As everyone here knows, the vacancy left by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia has created an even ideological split on the Court. If the Court splits on this issue, the district's court's ruling stands and the Redskins lose their trademark case. So, let's hope their lawyers know what they're doing by taking this road that's very rarely traveled. The first hurdle they've got to clear is convincing SCOTUS to hear their case. If they don't, they'll have to go back to the Fourth Circuit. If they do, we'll see how this legal strategy pans out.
Stay tuned.
Amidst all the SportsHoopla surrounding Brady's appeal, the Norman signing, the implosion going on in the Liberty Bell city, the Redskins pulled off a pretty bold -- and IMO, somewhat peculiar -- legal move in their dispute over "REDSKINS" with the PTO. Their matter is currently pending before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. But they are somehow confident that, if SCOTUS hears their case as a companion matter to an Asian rock band denied a trademark for the name "The Slants", they can skip the court of appeals process and hopefully prevail on the argument that the PTO cannot censor an offensive name without violating the First Amendment.
As everyone here knows, the vacancy left by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia has created an even ideological split on the Court. If the Court splits on this issue, the district's court's ruling stands and the Redskins lose their trademark case. So, let's hope their lawyers know what they're doing by taking this road that's very rarely traveled. The first hurdle they've got to clear is convincing SCOTUS to hear their case. If they don't, they'll have to go back to the Fourth Circuit. If they do, we'll see how this legal strategy pans out.
Stay tuned.
