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Originally Posted by ChioLu
Because of how the U.S. law system works, take the emotion out of it.
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Absolutely. And I agree with most everything else you said. I'll say, though, that if the patent lawyers are doing their job, they'll know that there is stuff out there showing how even during the 19th Century (after the time discussed in the ERNAS article), "redskin" was taking on derogatory layers of meaning.
Meanwhile, if anyone is going to rely on what the ERNAS article says about the origins of "red man" or "redskin" (and I have no reason to doubt what that article says), I'd encourage them to look into the history of how what is now the Washington NFL team came to be called the "Redskins"—and I'm not just talking about "Lone Star" Dietz.