According to WUSA’s Eric Flack, the Washington Commanders are selling team-store merchandise bearing the former “Redskins” name and logo. WUSA’s report notes the team maintains the old name is not returning.
Team’s stated reason: protect the trademarks
A club spokesman told WUSA: “We are required to maintain the marks in commercial usage so that marks remain under franchise control.” The report frames the sales as limited and tied to trademark maintenance, not a brand reversal.
The legal threshold, as cited by OutKick
OutKick’s Armando Salguero reported that under the Lanham Act, a trademark can be deemed abandoned after three years of non-use, and the statute requires “bona fide use … in the ordinary course of trade,” not “token” sales made solely to reserve rights.
