Jerry Falwell Claims Name is Trademarked

GigsVT writes: "The Lynchburg News And Advance of Virginia reports that Rev. Jerry Falwell is seeking a permanant injunction against the holder of www.jerryfalwell.com The catch is that he is arguing that his name is a valuable brand, in effect, he is arguing that he is selling religion. There are also some other interesting tidbits, such as the rules of jurisdiction, based on whether a site is interactive or not. Falwell has also sent lawyers to Geneva to appeal to the WIPO, their requests were denied."

Comments

Pretty easy to verify

[ObviousGuy]

TESS was last updated on Sat Jul 6 04:10:47 EDT 2002

Please logout when you are done to release system resources allocated for you.
Record 1 out of 1

(TARR contains current status, correspondence address and attorney of record for this mark. Use the "Back" button of the Internet Browser to return to TESS)
Typed Drawing

Word Mark LISTEN AMERICA WITH JERRY FALWELL
Goods and Services IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Educational entertainment, namely a continuing show about morality, religion, politics, and business distributed over television and audio media. FIRST USE: 19980413. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980413
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number 75673875
Filing Date April 2, 1999
Published for Opposition June 13, 2000
Registration Number 2382656
Registration Date September 5, 2000
Owner (REGISTRANT) Liberty Broadcasting Network, Inc. CORPORATION VIRGINIA 3805 Wards Road Lynchburg VIRGINIA 24502
Attorney of Record John W. Hazard, Jr.
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Other Data The name "JERRY FALWELL" identifies a living individual whose consent is of record.
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE