Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Ganin cewa yawancin mutane ba za su iya bambance tsakanin haƙƙin mallaka da alamar kasuwanci ba, yawanci yana ɗaukar wani abu mai rikitarwa, kamar ƙin Washington Redskins don canza sunan su, don samun mutane da sha'awar dokar alamar kasuwanci. A wannan makon, wata babbar kotu ta duba wata alama da ba a san ta sosai ba - lokacin da kungiyar The Slants ta nemi kare sunanta. The Slants 'yan Asiya-Amurka ne biyar daga Portland, Oregon, waɗanda suke girmama shekarun 80 a kan fage - kuma suna girmama gadon su a hanya mai ban dariya. "Muna son ɗaukar ra'ayoyin da mutane suke da shi game da mu, kamar idanun da ke fuskantarmu, kuma su mallake su", in ji Simon Shiao Tam, shugaban ƙungiyar, ya ce. A wasu kalmomi, ƙungiyar ta ɗauki falsafar Lenny Bruce na maimaita kalmar zagi har sai ta daina ma'ana. Ga Slants, "slant" ba cin mutunci ba ne, yana ba da iko. Kuma ƙarin iko a gare su. Abin takaici, wani ma'aikacin ofishin US Patent da Trademark Office ya yanke shawarar cewa "Slant" ya raina ga Asians, kuma ya hana su rajistar alamar kasuwanci a ƙarƙashin ƙyamar (ta ni, ko ta yaya) Sashe na 2 ((a) na dokar alamar kasuwanci. Wannan shi ne sashe wanda ya ba da damar gwamnati ta hana kare alamar kasuwanci ga alamar da ke "rashin gaskiya", "abin kunya" ko "rashin hankali". A wannan yanayin, na biyun. Amma jira minti daya. Wannan ba biloniyan Dan Snyder ba ne wanda yake kiran wasu mutane "Redskins". A cikin L'affair Redskins, rukuni ne da aka raina, 'yan asalin Amurkawa, waɗanda ke gunaguni -- ba gwamnati da ke yanke shawara da kanta cewa ta fi sani ba. A cikin batun Slants, waɗannan mutanen Asiya ne da suka ce "ba ya damun mu, don haka me ya sa ya kamata ya dame ku?" Kuma ba wai wasu kungiyoyin 'yan Asiya Amurkawa ne suka shiga ba. Wannan ba shine karo na farko da wani ya "dawo" da kalmar da ke nuna wariya a cikin gwagwarmayar alamar kasuwanci ba. Kimanin shekaru 10 da suka gabata, kungiyar babura ta "Dykes on Bikes" ta samu irin wannan kin amincewa, kuma sun yi gwagwarmaya kuma sun sami 'yancin kare alamarsu. Sun yi irin wannan muhawara da ta yi tasiri: Idan suna so su kira kansu "Dykes on Bikes", to wane wuri ne gwamnati...
Kotun ta amince da kin amincewa da alamar kasuwanci ga kungiyar Asiya-Amurka ta Slants bisa dalilin cewa sunan ya kasance mai banƙyama. Ya ce kotun ba daidai ba ce: Alamar kasuwanci magana ce ta kasuwanci, ta kariya ta Kwaskwarimar Farko. Mai mulkin wata alama ce ko kuma lokutanmu masu saurin fushi.