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

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by als463

I have to say that, if Kevin is insinuating that no one should try to force anyone into doing anything, which is what I thought he was saying (could be wrong), I partially agree with that.

You know good and well that Kevin is arguing much more than that. If this thread was primarily about trademark and government control, I would have lost interest on page 1.

[33girl]

I actually think this is going to blow up like whoah and have the opposite effect of enlightening the owner. So their "official" trademark isn't protected. There's nothing to stop the team from financing things under the table that are potentially offensive and then saying ohhh, we didn't do that, we can't enforce our trademark any more.

[als463]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You know good and well that Kevin is arguing much more than that. If this thread was primarily about trademark and government control, I would have lost interest on page 1.

Hey now! I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that he may have been saying something like that. As I said earlier, I could easily be wrong and he may not have been saying what I thought he was saying so, I don't want to assume. You know I'm not one to come to his side and say he is right. I just think that, sometimes, Kevin may actually have a somewhat valid point--even if I don't always think he's the nicest about sharing his view.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by als463

Hey now! I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that he may have been saying something like that. As I said earlier, I could easily be wrong and he may not have been saying what I thought he was saying so, I don't want to assume. You know I'm not one to come to his side and say he is right. I just think that, sometimes, Kevin may actually have a somewhat valid point--even if I don't always think he's the nicest about sharing his view.

Any valid point he may have made about government control and trademarks was lost on his racial nonsense.