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# Federal Judge Orders Patent and Trademark Office to Cancel Registration of Redskins’ Trademark
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/federal-judge-orders-patent-and-trademark-office-to-cancel-registration-of-redskins-trademark/
- Published: 2015-07-08T20:24:15.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-08T23:12:38.000Z
- Author: Guest Columnist
- Tags: Marketing, Communications, #Import 2026-10-08 18:46

**The Washington Redskins** lost their biggest legal and public relations battle yet in the war over their name after a federal judge ordered the cancellation of the NFL team’s federal trademark registrations, opposed for decades by Native American activists who call the moniker disparaging, reports [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/judge-upholds-cancellation-of-redskins-trademarks-in-a-legal-and-symbolic-setback-for-team/2015/07/08/5a65424e-1e6e-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55%5Fstory.html?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).

The cancellation, hailed by Native American activists as a “huge victory,” doesn’t go into effect until the team has exhausted the appeals process in the federal court system. And Redskins President **Bruce Allen** vowed that the team would appeal, continued the Post’s piece.

(Times Dispatch photo)