Washington Redskins claims to have public backing over name
National Football League (NFL) team the Washington Redskins has hit back at an attempt to introduce legislation that would remove some of its trademarks, stating that the majority of surveyed people support its use of ‘Redskins’.
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9 February 2015 A US politician has introduced a bill that would officially declare the word ‘redskin’ offensive and make it impossible to register it as a trademark, despite there being a pending lawsuit covering similar issues.