Redskins Trademark Controversy Hitting Cleveland Indians, Chief Wahoo

The Washington Redskins' trademark has been canceled by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) because of the racist and offensive nature of the moniker. "We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered," the Trademark and Trial Appeal Board wrote in a statement.