Washington Post: Redskins Can Keep Trademark, Judge Rules
U .S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly threw out a federal board’s 1999 decision to cancel six highly lucrative Redskins trademarks. She said she was not opining on whether the word “redskin” was insulting or not but concluded that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s board had relied upon partial, dated and irrelevant evidence submitted by the activists.
DC District Judge Kollar-Kotelly: Opinion in Pro-Football, Inc. v. Suzan Shown Harjo, et al.
