Supreme Court Won't Hear Washington Redskins Trademark Appeal

The Supreme Court announced that it won't listen to an appeal by the Washington Redskins football team concerning the constitutionality of a federal law that gives the United States Patent and Trademark Office the right to refuse the registration of a trademark that insults people either living or dead, institutions, beliefs and national symbols. The copyright

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