Judge finds breakaway diocese infringed Episcopal TMs

24-09-2019

Sarah Morgan

Judge finds breakaway diocese infringed Episcopal TMs

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A US judge has ordered a former South Carolina diocese of the Episcopal Church to change its name, after concluding the breakaway group was infringing the Episocopal Church’s trademark-protected diocesan shield.


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