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.
On September 19, District Judge Richard Gergel issued an injunction against the breakaway diocese, ordering the group not to use nine trademarks associated with the Episcopal Church and its The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, an affiliate of the national church.
Last week, the court confirmed that the breakaway group had committed trademark infringement, trademark dilution and false advertising.
Source: Wipr
