article_snippet.sent: fight over whether the National Football League's Washington .
article_snippet.sent: the National Football League's Washington Redskins should lose the National Football League's Washington Redskins trademarks.
article_snippet.sent: The Slants, who say the National Football League's Washington Redskins chose the National Football League's Washington Redskins name as a way to reclaim a term usually considered a racial slur, cannot trademark their name because it is disparaging, a U.S. appeals court has ruled .
article_snippet.sent: Despite upholding the rejection of The Slants trademark, .
article_snippet.sent: The case has parallels to the Washington Redskins' lawsuit .
article_snippet.sent: against five Native Americans who successfully convinced the PTO . in June to cancel the NFL team's trademarks because that name .
article_snippet.sent: the NFL team is appealing the . cancellation, saying the disparagement provision violates the .
article_snippet.sent: The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the FederalCircuit rejected the NFL team's argument that the government's refusal to grant a trademark violated the government free speech rights .
highlights_snippet.sent: Ruling could have implications for whether the National Football League's Washington Redskins should lose the National Football League's Washington Redskins trademarks .