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26 April 2016Trademarks

Redskins seeks Supreme Court intervention in trademark case

National Football League (NFL) club the Washington Redskins has filed a petition at the US Supreme Court asking it to hear the club’s high-profile trademark dispute, even though an appeals court has yet to rule on the issue.

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