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Thin skinned, wimpy whiners aren't actual human beings.
The team has used the Redskins name since 1933, and has asked the judge to reverse the trademark board's removal of protections of six trademarks the team registered between 1967 and 1990. The team argues that the name is not offensive, and that canceling its trademarks would violate its free speech rights and take its property without compensation.
A lawyer for the Native Americans, Jesse Witten, argued that his clients should be left out of the dispute and that the lawsuit against them should be dismissed. But team attorney Robert Raskopf said Amanda Blackhorse and the other defendants belong in court because they're the ones who filed the petition.
originally posted by: Aleister
If the adults on the forum haven't seen the South Park episode regarding this issue (this season's first episode) I highly recommend it. One of the finest pieces of satiric gotcha that I know of. (spoiler alert: it regards the Redskins having to give up their trademarks).
originally posted by: TiedDestructor
a reply to: damwel
From the ops source...
The team has used the Redskins name since 1933, and has asked the judge to reverse the trademark board's removal of protections of six trademarks the team registered between 1967 and 1990. The team argues that the name is not offensive, and that canceling its trademarks would violate its free speech rights and take its property without compensation.
A lawyer for the Native Americans, Jesse Witten, argued that his clients should be left out of the dispute and that the lawsuit against them should be dismissed. But team attorney Robert Raskopf said Amanda Blackhorse and the other defendants belong in court because they're the ones who filed the petition.
originally posted by: SubTruth
a reply to: Domo1
I have been sitting the fence trying to decide what is right and wrong here.........This is my personal conclusion the Redskins are wrong. The name should be removed and after all of this the owner should sell the team.
Imagine if this team was called the Blackies or the coloreds. This is simple truth and I wish I had seen it from the beginning.
originally posted by: groingrinder
Change the name to the Foreskins. Problem solved.
originally posted by: tavi45
a reply to: MALBOSIA
So in other words it's not enough to steal their land, kill them in masse, and relegate them to reservations, we also should be able to profit at their expense.
Money is not important than human beings. It's the American way. It's just sickening how awful our country is.
So you think there would be no problem if the team was called the "Washington N*gg*rs" or the "Washington Chinamen"?
so this seems to be what they are basing their case on something to do with patent law not being followed? from other links i think the redskins team is basing it also on the fact that when they filed the patent on their trademark it was not considered racist as well and i belive the lawsuit is also based on them not being able to challenge the ruling in court with out doing this (they want the right to face their accusers)
Jesse Witten, whose clients include Native American activist Amanda Blackhorse, told Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in U.S. District Court in Alexandria that the Native Americans aren’t qualified to be defendants in the trademark case because they don’t have a legal or economic motive to control the Redskins’ logo as a rival business might. He also told the judge that the team filed its suit in the wrong courthouse. The Redskins filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Alexandria this past summer after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office board declared that the team’s name is offensive and that its federal trademark protections should be stripped. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board made that decision after Blackhorse and four other Native Americans filed a complaint several years ago. The Redskins’ lawsuit in Alexandria federal court gives the team a chance to defend its name and appeal the board’s ruling. Dan Snyder, the team’s owner, has said he’ll never change the team name, which he says honors Native Americans.