The Court's reasoning for issuing the order states in part:
The Diocese
of South Carolina has three registered names and one registered mark and, as
shown by affidavit, the Defendant, or others appearing to act in its name or
under its control, have allegedly and repeatedly used these names and mark,
including those so similar that they are to be the Diocese of South Carolina.
This use has clear ability to cause confusion over the identity of the
corporate entity of The Diocese of South Carolina. The Diocese of South
Carolina has been using these registered names and mark in the ordinary course
of its business as the Diocese of South Carolina, both before and after its
association with the Defendant. By affidavit Plaintiff states its concern that
a meeting scheduled to be held January 26, 2013, by those purporting to be this
corporate entity but who in reality are not the corporate entity of the
Plaintiff, could intentionally affect the corporate status of those uninformed
that the actors are not, in reality, the corporation. In order to avoid any
confusion, this Order is issued.
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