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NFL Still Standing with Franchise on Name

June 23, 2014 – Media Mention
SportsBusiness Journal

Barry Werbin was quoted in the SportsBusiness Journal article "NFL still standing with franchise on name" (subscription required). In the article, Barry opines on the USPTO Trademark Trial & Appeal Board's cancellation of the Washington Redskins trademark, and the team's prospective use of common law to protect its trademark in the future. He adds that the matter is "also a big political issue, with the NFL having been pressured…by some 49 senators to force the team to change its name. Considering what happened with Sterling's racial remarks and the NBA forcing a sale of the Clippers, we probably are moving more and more to zero tolerance within the leagues respecting race and disparagement."