[E-trademarks] Proud Boys trademark

[Cumbow, Bob]

Something similar happened just a few years ago (2019) when the US government charged the California biker club known as with racketeering, drug trafficking, and murder, then brought a civil action against the Mongols and won a jury verdict that included the right to seize the Mongols’ registered trademarks MONGOLS and the design logo shown below.
[Image result for mongols logo]
My search brings up 8 dead records but one pending application and one registration (the logo above), both belonging to So Cal M. C. I think maybe there was a court ruling that the US government could not own the Mongols’ trademarks but they could cancel the registrations and applications. Does anyone know?


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Been wondering this as well.  The decision is out of the DC Superior Court, so the judge may not really understand trademark law and the implications of the decision.


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Subject: [E-trademarks] Proud Boys trademark

All, I’ve had a crazy week so it is possible that I’m missing something really basic here because my brain is fried, but, how is an historic Black church in DC going to own the trademark? How will they show use? I found four pending
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All,

I’ve had a crazy week so it is possible that I’m missing something really basic here because my brain is fried, but, how is an historic Black church in DC going to own the trademark? How will they show use? I found four pending applications and no registrations. All four are owned by different individuals/companies and all but one are 1b.

How can the trademark PROUD BOYS indicate a Black church as the source of the goods/services being provided? Is this a common law trademark thing?

Does anyone have access to the opinion?

Best,
Miriam


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