The Washington Redskins received some more negative news on Wednesday regarding the trademark of the team’s name. Federal judge Gerald Bruce Lee ordered the Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the Washington Redskins’ trademark, citing that the name could be considered derogatory to Native Americans.
The team can continue to use the Redskins name, but it will lose legal protection that goes along with the registration of a trademark. The Redskins were suing to reverse a previous ruling by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The team’s argument was that cancelling the trademark was not legal as it affected the Redskins’ First-Amendment rights.