By now, most people are aware that last summer, the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration after finding the team’s name and logo to be disparaging to American Indians. Last week, however, the team took a serious interest in a lower-profile case involving a band called the Slants.
Previously, the USPTO refused the band’s two trademark applications, declaring that “slants” is disparaging to people of Asian descent. On Thursday, June 18, the team threw its support behind the band, …
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