4th Circuit Vacates, Remands Dispute Over Redskins Trademarks

(January 25, 2018, 1:12 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2017 decision in Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744, 1751 (2017), the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 18 vacated and remanded to the Eastern District of Virginia a dispute over the registrability of six trademarks and logos belonging to the Washington Redskins professional football team (Pro-Football Inc. v. Amanda Blackhorse, et al., No. 15-1874, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1186)....