Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 01:45:47PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> > The judge said they weren't, but the Federal law in question was
> > established in 1946 and prohibits the gov't from registering a
> > trademark disparaging any race, religion or other group.
>
> I'm quite ignorant on sports matters, but aren't most football teams
> privately owned?
Yes.
Most teams have 1 owner, or a very small group of people owning the
team.
The Green Bay Packers have a lot of shareholders, but the way they set
it up, you can't sell your share. You can only indicate who should
inherit it when you die. (At least, that's my understanding.) So that
still falls under "privately owned", right?
Julia
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