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Originally posted by BetaRose
He may be able to get it approved eventually. Not to long ago, a group of lesbians successfully trademarked "Dykes on Bikes" after battling against the prohibition against "immoral or scandalous" trademarks.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...ype=gaylesbian
"A lesbian motorcycle group in San Francisco declared victory Thursday in their fight for a federal trademark for the name "Dykes on Bikes."
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office twice rejected the group's application on the grounds the term "dyke" was offensive and derogatory. The office reversed itself after the group's lawyers appealed, submitting hundreds of pages of additional material that they said showed the slang word does not disparage lesbians.
"The applicant came in at the last moment with a lot of evidence to show that the community did not consider it disparaging," said Lynne Beresford, a U.S. commissioner for trademarks.
Vick Germany, president of the San Francisco Women's Motorcycle Contingent, a.k.a. Dykes on Bikes, called the decision a huge victory. "The word dyke has been used to put us down, and we have taken that name and reclaimed it as a source of pride," Germany said."
The big difference here is that I would HOPE there would be enough of us out there who would NOT support or stand for this. IMHO, there is nothing redeeming in the 'n' word, I don't care HOW it's used.
Could you imagine the Klan: "Look, a bunch of 'em with 'n' plastered across their chest!" *sigh*