Native Americans join litigation over trademark

By Alex Guzman  |   Monday, April 11, 2005  |  Comments( 1 )

Washington Redskins
Several Native American organizations have joined the efforts to revoke the Washington Redskins' trademark name. They claim the moniker is an offensive reference to millions of American Indians. 4 national groups joined Suzan Shown Harjo, who first sued the team in 1992. The Washington, DC resident won the first round in 1999 when a U.S. Patent...
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wicahpi crazyelk
07:40 AM
01/22/2008
by using th name'redskins' u r calling all native people 'nigers'. what gives them the rite 2 insult a race of people in this way? we have no teams called 'nigers' or 'darkies' or chinks or spicks, etc.
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