The Washington Redskins are gone, alive only in the hearts and memories of those who grew up rooting for them. Oh, they’re also very much alive and still making money at the team store.
\n\nAccording to Eric Flack of WUSA, the Commanders are selling Redskins team gear – name and logo – at the team store.
\n\nDespite the sell-off of Redskins gear, the Commanders maintain that the team’s former name and logo are not coming back. Instead, they insist that the limited sale is due to their desire to preserve their trademark rights.
\n\n“We are required to maintain the marks in commercial usage so that marks remain under franchise control,” a club spokesman told WUSA.
\n\nUnder trademark law, specifically the Lanham Act, a trademark is considered abandoned if it is not in use for three consecutive years.
\n\nAs OutKick’s Armando Salguero reports, “The statutory standard also requires ‘bona fide use … in the ordinary course of trade,’ rather than merely token sales made solely to reserve rights.”
\n\nWhich begs the question: Does the Commanders’ limited-time sale of Art Monk T-shirts with the Redskins name and logo constitute something more than a “token” sale?
\n\nIt would seem that limited-time use of…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/
