U.S. patent office cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging

[33girl]

Um seriously???

One word: Hooters.

If the patent office is going to be the morality police they need to at least have some consistency about it.

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Um seriously???

One word: Hooters.

If the patent office is going to be the morality police they need to at least have some consistency about it.

I think there's a big difference between a play on words that refers to boobs, and a racial slur.

[33girl]

The statute doesn't say anything about racial slurs. It says anything thst is "disparaging." Plenty of people find Hooters disparaging. That's the first thing that came to mind, there are plenty others. I'm not against them saying that about the Redskins name, I'm against the arbitrary picking and choosing.