Use vs. Registration: Do the Limitations of Trademark Law Temper the REDSKINS® Opponents’ Victory?

By Chanel Lattimer, of Cozen O’Connor   Shakespeare must not have been referring to trademarks, when he famously wrote “what’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” In the world of trademarks, a name signifies more than a meaningless convention, but rather provides a valuable and potentially lucrative source indicator. In the case of the Washington Redskins, the team’s name and its federally registered trademarks encompass a brand worth over