Pro-Football, Inc. v. Harjo
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
565 F.3d 880 (2009)
After the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cancelled Pro-Football's (defendant) six "Redskin"-related trademarks as disparaging to Native Americans, the trial court granted Pro-Football summary judgment based on laches, and on remand specifically evaluated the claim of Mateo Romero (plaintiff), born in 1966, considering the eight-year gap between his reaching adulthood and filing suit, during which the team's former president died and the team significantly expanded its trademark investment and merchandising.
Whether the equitable doctrine of laches will bar a party's claim if that party has unreasonably delayed bringing the claim and the delay has caused the other party prejudice.