Raven Ziegler from Minneapolis protests the name nickname of the Washington team. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

The Washington football team’s horrible season may be over, but the controversy surrounding their name is certainly alive and well in the off season.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected an application to trademark the name “[R*dskins] Hog Rinds” on grounds that it “[contains] ‘a derogatory slang term,’” the Post reports. The application, which was submitted on behalf of a Capitol Heights man by a law firm, was for the name of a new brand of pork rinds. But now that man will have to find a new name as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office won’t let him use that word.

In a letter to the law firm that represents the man, LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, the U.S. Patent office says that “Registration is refused because the applied-for mark [R*DSKINS] HOG RINDS consists of or includes matter which may disparage or bring into contempt or disrepute persons, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols.” The letter also lists “five definitions for the word [‘R*dskin,’] four of which describe it as an “offensive” term for Native Americans,” the Post says.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also handles the trademark for the Washington football team’s name, and group of Native Americans have filed a lawsuit to stop the team from using it. That lawsuit is still pending.