There is no pie so humble that Uncle Sam would not deign to put one of his fat and clumsy digits in it. It is not so much that we object to the opinions expressed by President Obama or Senator Reid regarding the name of Washington’s professional-football franchise, the Redskins, as that they believe the issue to fall within their portfolios as the chief executive of the United States government and the majority leader of the United States Senate, respectively. Adding to the already substantial body of evidence that there is no government agency that will not be put to use for the purposes of politics and culture war, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, through its Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, has taken it upon itself to revoke the team’s trademark on its logo in order to put commercial pressure on the organization, which now has limited legal recourse in pursuing the manufacturers of unlicensed Redskins merchandise.
Redskin Ruckus | National Review Online
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