Indians ask Supreme Court if 'Redskins' offends

Provided by Written on September 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — A group of American Indians who find the
Washington Redskins’ name offensive wants the Supreme Court to
take up the matter.

The group on Monday asked the justices to review a lower court
decision that favored the NFL team on a legal technicality.

Seven Native Americans have been working through the court
system since 1992 to have the Redskins trademarks declared
invalid. A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel ruled in their
favor in 1999. But they’ve been handed a series of defeats from
judges who ruled that the plaintiffs waited too long to bring
their suit in the first place.

A lawyer for the group says he’d like to see the highest court
decide whether the Redskins’ name defames Native Americans.

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