US Patent Office cancels Commanders Trademarks

[iceberg]

Entirely possible. Regardless, it's just crazy. IDK.

like i sad, we've allowed "being offended" to more or less make you cool and hip, so people are running around now looking for reasons to be offended.

5 friggin people can do this.

 

[bb721]

Is that you're best response? No response at all. No surprise.

Of course it's not my best response. The fact is I have neither the time nor the inclination to try to enlighten you. Actually I take part of that back, I have plenty of time, I just choose not to waste much of it on you.

 

[jnday]

Looool Skins. I wish nothing but misery for that franchise and their fans!

An issue is much more important then the Commanders being a football rival. Them being a Rival pales in comparison to them being forced to bow down to the PA police.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Snyder should move the team to LA to spite Washington, D.C.

 

[jnday]

Snyder should move the team to LA to spite Washington, D.C.

He should move it to Canada.

 

[burmafrd]

rooting for Danny Boy to take this to court and string it out for the next 10 years. The longer he can fight the PC police and this tyranny of the tiny minority that we have now the better off we all are.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

I agree. I am though with the NFL if the name is changed. I have more and more respect for Danny fighting this PC lynch mob. I have been looking for another country to consider moving to. This is not the country that I raised to proud of. It is no longer the " Land of the Free". My parents are getting up in age and they need me at this point of their life. If not for them and my grandchildren that I am raising, I would have moved several years ago. I know several people that have moved to Mexico. They love living there. It should be plenty of land and housing available. The Mexicans have moved here.

i agree with the thought, but there is still no more free country on earth...even though the freedom diminishes daily.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

i gotta be honest, Im more an american and for my constitution than I am for football....i am || that close to buying some Commanders stuff

 

[Califan007]

For anyone still thinking that the Skins and the NFL have lost all rights to their name and branding:

...the Washington football team and the NFL might not lose much. First, the USPTO canceled the trademark registrations that involved the Washington name or combinations of its name and logo. The logo itself—the plain image of its mascot—wasn't at issue in the case. If some enterprising businessman made the mistake of slapping that profile onto a hat, the team could still probably sue. Meanwhile, individual player names are still protected. Nobody suddenly has permission to make RGIII jerseys.

So, in the worst of all possible worlds for the NFL, a few companies might be able to start producing Washington apparel without any logos or player names. Irritating? Yes. Disastrous? Probably not.

Then there’s the question of who would actually want to go into that business. As of now, the companies that want to produce pro-football-branded merchandise have to negotiate with the NFL for a collective license that covers all of the teams. (That could change, however, depending on the outcome of a pending court case.) Any corporation that decided to go rogue and start selling unlicensed Washington gear would undoubtedly incite the NFL’s wrath. That might be fine for the odd guy with a stand selling T-shirts on the corner, but not, say, Nike.

“You’re talking about bandits here,” said Scott Rosner, associate director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. “Anybody who tries to evade is going to fall in the bad graces of the NFL, and they’re not going to get a license.

 

[Risen Star]

It's amazing how far we've deteriorated as a society. Somebody's always looking to be a victim.

I'd be embarrassed if I was a Commander.

 

[jobberone]

Let's avoid calling or insinuating anyone here is a racist based on these conversations about the Commanders. You may discuss whether you believe its use is racist but you may not call others racist over it nor attack those who believe it is racist either.

 

[Denim Chicken]

I agree. I am through with the NFL if the name is changed.

Hmm, does that mean you would stop posting here? This might influence my stance on the issue

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Let's just close this thread to stop the stupidity that has already happened and will continue to happen.