Court Dismisses Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Pro-Football Inc.’s Appeal

By Roberta S. Bren, of Oblon Spivak LLP   A federal judge from the Eastern District of Virginia has denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the appeal of plaintiff Pro-Football Inc. in a case involving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and its cancellation of Pro-Football’s REDSKINS trademarks, which it found “may disparage” Native Americans.   On November 25, 2014, the court ruled that the Native American defendants are parti