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I wonder about the life span of the "Reds" (be they Indians or Russian communists), and the Braves.
There is a legal opinion on this. I knew of it because son Little Ricky was invited to a legal fund raiser sponsored by the music group's legal team. Considering the following decision by the US Supreme Court it would seem that the various owners of the teams mentioned have a right to the use of their trademark names but they instead choose to defer to the courts of public opinion.
Members of the Asian-American rock band The Slants have the right to call themselves by a disparaging name, the Supreme Court says, in a ruling that could have broad impact on how the First Amendment is applied in other trademark cases.
The Slants' frontman, Simon Tam, filed a lawsuit after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office kept the band from registering its name and rejected its appeal, citing the Lanham Act, which prohibits any trademark that could "disparage ... or bring ... into contemp[t] or disrepute" any "persons, living or dead," as the court states.
After a federal court agreed with Tam and his band, the Patent and Trademark Office sued to avoid being compelled to register its name as a trademark. On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with The Slants.
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