Pro-Football, Inc. v. Harjo
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
415 F.3d 44 (2005)
Relevant factsFree
After the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cancelled Pro-Football's (defendant) six "Redskin"-related trademarks (the earliest registered in 1967) as disparaging, the trial court granted Pro-Football summary judgment on laches grounds for all seven Native American plaintiffs, measuring the delay for each from 1967 -- even though plaintiff Mateo Romero (plaintiff) was born in 1966 and was therefore only one year old when that clock supposedly started running.
IssueFree
Whether the defense of laches requires proof of a lack of diligence by the party against whom the defense is asserted after reaching the age of majority and prejudice to the party asserting the defense.