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The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case that might decide whether the government can deny Washington's NFL team a trademark because it has deemed the team name is offensive.

The court granted certiorari on Lee V. Tam. If you remember, The Slants, an Asian-American rock band, sued the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because it refused to trademark their name saying it proved offensive.

In December of last year, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided that the band's name was private speech and therefore protected by the First Amendment.

The U.S. government appealed that decision and the Supreme Court has agreed to review it.

A similar regarding the trademark of the Washington Redskins is under review by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. But a Supreme Court decision in Lee V. Tam could settle that case.

 

[manfestival]

I recall reading somewhere that it's mostly white people being offended for three natives. Like reading polls about how natives weren't really bothered by it and the ones who want the change the most aren't those affected by the connotations

 

[Silver Arrows]

Good. Fuck that disgusting name.

 

[Alucrid]

I recall reading somewhere that it's mostly white people being offended for three natives. Like reading polls about how natives weren't really bothered by it and the ones who want the change the most aren't those affected by the connotations

i recall reading somewhere that the "white people being offended for three natives" excuse is an attempt by the redskins organization to keep the name and further insult people

 

[Silver Arrows]

i recall reading somewhere that the "white people being offended for three natives" excuse is an attempt by the redskins organization to keep the name and further insult people

Dan Snyder is scum, this is known.

 

[Kettch]

Ehh, while I don't like the Redskins name at all, The Slants really should be able to keep their name. So I don't think ruling against them here would be all that good.

The patent office said the name was likely to disparage a significant number of Asian Americans. But Tam said the point of the band’s name is just the opposite: an attempt to reclaim a slur and use it “as a badge of pride.”

 

[titiklabingapat]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...t-battle-over-bands-name-in-trademark-dispute

I heard about this on Planet Money. It's about an Asian-American band with the name The Slants. Apparently the Supreme Court sided with them and they can trademark the band name.

This also opens up the gateway for the Redskins to keep their name, who had thier trademark revoked in 2014.

edit: oopps meant to create a new thread

 

[firehawk12]

There was a thread on this yesterday I think.