Tag Archives: Offensiveness

Fun with Offensive Trademarks

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Tom Garrett

For no particular reason whatsoever, I thought it might be worthwhile to take some time to poke around the USPTO database. I wanted to see what potentially “disparaging,” “immoral,” or “scandalous” trademarks and service marks are still live in 2014. Here’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics, Sports | Tagged Commentary, Free Speech, Intellectual Property, Offensiveness, Oneida, Politics, Racism?, Redskins, Sports, The First Amendment, Trademark, Washington Redskins | 11 Comments

Best of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Tom Garrett

I wasn’t quite as prolific in 2013 as I was in 2012, as this will be “only” the 72nd post on this blog this year. However, part of that had to do with the fact that I’ve been writing for … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Site Stuff | Tagged 2013, Antonin Scalia, Best Of, Bullying, Commentary, Free Speech, General Culture and News, Improvised Shakespeare Company, Mark Henry, Offensiveness, Patrick Stewart, Professional Wrestling, Site Stuff, Washington Redskins, WWE | Leave a comment

About That Onion Tweet

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Tom Garrett

I hadn’t planned on writing about this (I have a couple of podcasts that need editing and that will go up later this week), but two people have already asked me about this story. So, here goes. I don’t think … Continue reading →