IN
THEUNITEDST TESDISTRI T
OURT
FORTHEE STERNDISTRI T
OF
VIRGINI LEX NDRI DIVISION
PRO-FOOTBALL,INC.,)
)
Plaintiff,)
)
V.
)
ase
No.1:14-cv-01043-GBL.IDD
)
AMANDABLACKHORSE,etal.,)
)
Defendants.)
MEMOR NDUMOPINION
ND
OR R
THIS
MATTER
isbeforetheCourtontwosetsofcross-motionsforsummaryjudgment.
First,
PlaintiffPro-Football,Inc.( PFI ),Defendants
Amanda
Blackhorse,
Marcus
Briggs-
Cloud,PhillipCover,JillianPappan,andCourtneyTsotigh( BlackhorseDefendants ),andthe
UnitedStates
of
Americafiled
cross-motionsfor
summary
judgmentonPFI s
claims
challenging
theconstitutionalityofSection2(a)ofthe
Lanham
Act(CountsIII-VI)
(Docs.
54,
105,
and
108).
Second,
BlackhorseDefendantsand
PFI
filed
cross-motionsfor
summary
judgmentonPFI s
claims
contesting
the
Trademark
Trial
and
Appeal
Board s
( TTAB )
Order
cancelling
the
registrations
ofsixofPFI s
trademarks
onthe
grounds
thatthey
consisted
of
matterthat may
disparage NativeAmericansandbring
them
intocontemptordisrepute,andthatthedefenseof
laches
doesnotbartheclaims(CountsI,II,andVII)
(Docs.
69and79).Thiscaseconcerns
Blackhorse
Defendants
petition
to
cancel
the
registration
ofsix
trademarks
owned
byPFI
on
the
groundsthat
the
marks
consisted
of
matterthat may
disparage
a
substantialcomposite
of
NativeAmericansandbringthemintocontemptordisreputeunderSection2(a)
of
theLanham
Act,
15
U.S.C.§1052(a),atthetime
of
theirregistrations(1967,1974,
1978,
and
1990).
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