The Washington Redskins' legal battle to maintain registrations of their federal trademark suffered another setback Wednesday.
A federal judge in Virginia ordered the Patent and Trademark Office to cancel registrations of the Redskins' trademark, stating the team's name may be offensive to Native Americans.
Judge Gerald Bruce Lee upheld a finding by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which voted last year that the name "Redskins" is offensive to Native Americans and, consequently, should not be eligible for the federal trademark registry. Federal trademark law prohibits names or logos that "may disparage persons or bring them into contempt or disrepute.