Wednesday, April 23, 2014
SOUTH CAROLINA Part 81
This order, despite its temporary nature,
represents a huge advantage gained in the lawsuit which Bishop Lawrence's Diocese
brought early this month, after all attempts had failed to get the remnant
Episcopalians to cease voluntarily their appropriations of the diocesan names
and corporate seal. (The Diocese announced yesterday that fifteen other
parishes had joined in the lawsuit, and that thirteen more are considering
joining it later, which would bring the total number of plaintiffs to 44.
Perhaps this ruling will provide the spur they need to make their decision.)
The Court has found, based just on the showing presented ex parte by Bishop
Lawrence and his capable attorneys, that the plaintiff Diocese made "a
prima facie showing . . . as to the likelihood of [its] success on the
merits." In other words, the Diocese showed to the Court sufficient
indicia of its ownership of the registered marks (the names and corporate seal)
that the Court believes it will prevail in the ultimate lawsuit.
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