Showing posts with label Trademark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trademark. Show all posts
Saturday, April 01, 2023

Maker of Religious-Themed Military Dog Tags Can Move Ahead with 1st Amendment Claims Against DoD

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In Shields of Strength v. U.S. Department of Defense ,  (ED TX, March 31, 2023), a Texas federal district court allowed a company that manuf...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Kosher Certification Agency Sues Airline For Unauthorized Use Of Trademarked Symbol

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Suit was filed last week in a New Jersey federal district court by Kof-K, a kosher certification agency, against JetBlue Airways claiming th...
Friday, April 01, 2022

Court Dismisses Unification Church Trademark Dispute On Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity v. World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, Inc. ,  (MD PA, March 30, 202...
Thursday, December 16, 2021

Military Sued After It Withdraws Permission For Selling Religious-Themed Replica Dog Tags

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Suit was filed this week against the Department of Defense in a Texas federal district court by a company that creates military-themed repli...
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Controversy Over Army Licensed Items With Religious Theme

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First Liberty Institute yesterday sent a letter ( full text ) to the U.S. Army complaining about the Army's order to a private faith-bas...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

SPLC's "Hate Group" Designation For Christian Ministry For LGBT Views Is Protected By 1st Amendment

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In Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc ., (MD AL, Sept. 19, 2019), an Alabama federal district court, in an interesting 14...

Break-Away Diocese Cannot Use Former Trademarked Names

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In vonRosenberg v. Lawrence , (D SC, Sept. 19, 2019), a South Carolina federal district court,in a 73-page opinion, resolved a trademark dis...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Supreme Court Says Ban on Immoral or Scandalous Trademarks Violates 1st Amendment

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The U.S. Supreme Court today in Iancu v. Brunetti ,  (US Sup. Ct., June 24, 2019), held that the Lanham Act’s ban on registration of "i...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Certiorari Denied In Church Trademark Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Universal Church, Inc. v. Toellner,  (Docket No. 18-1159, certiorari denied 4/29/2019).  I...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

SCOTUS Hears Arguments On Immoral Trademarks

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Iancu v. Brunetti  ( transcript of oral arguments ). At issue is whether Sec. 2(a) ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Cert. Filed In Universal Church Trademark Case

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A petition for certiorari was filed on March 4 in Universal Church, Inc. v. Toellner.  (Full text of petition at  2019 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LE...
Friday, November 09, 2018

Satanic Temple Sues Netflix Over Wrongful Use Of Bahomet Statue

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Yesterday The Satanic Temple filed suit in a New York federal district court against Netflix and Warner Brothers, seeking $50 million in dam...
Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Unification Church Sues Its Founder's Son For Trademark Infringement

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The Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification USA) has filed a suit alleging unauthorized use of a registered tr...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Supreme Court Invalidates Lanham Act Bar To Registration of Disparaging Trademarks

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In Matal v. Tam , (Sup. Ct., June 19, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court today held unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment's free speech pr...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

In SCOTUS Oral Argument On Trademark Law, Blasphemy Becomes Relevant

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The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in Lee v. Tam  ( transcript of full oral argument ).  At issue is whether the disparagemen...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Amicus Says Trademark Case Impacts Religious Speech

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Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Lee v. Tam  ( SCOTUSblog case page ).  The case involves a free speech challe...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Australian Agency Refuses to Approve Trademark For "McKosher"

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Australia's ABC News reported last week that the Australian Trademark Office has refused to approve an application to trademark the nam...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Long Arm Jurisdiction Upheld Against Churches Using Plaintiff's Men's Ministry Logo

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In  Mighty Men of God, Inc. v. World Outreach Church of Murfreesboro Tenn., Inc ., (MD FL, April 6, 2015), a Florida federal district court ...
Wednesday, April 01, 2015

4th Circuit Vacates Trial Court's Abstention In South Carolina Episcopal Diocese Trademark Litigation

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In vonRosenberg v. Lawrence ,  (4th Cir., March 31, 2015), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a federal district court's deci...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Federal Circuit Denies Trademark Registration For "Stop the Islamisation of America"

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In In re Geller ,  (Fed. Cir., May 13, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the Trademark Office's refusal to...