Washington Redskins stripped of trademark protection due to 'disparaging' name

[rexbeccarox]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, it is sort of disparaging, on the other, I've talked to several native Americans about this, and those I've talked to couldn't care less about it, and some of them even expressed their displeasure with the controversy, siding with those who don't want anything to change. Still, on another, isn't the US government taking away the First Amendment by denying the Redskins' trademark? Is it a hate speech thing? I'm not clear on the law. Can anyone fill me in?