Category: Legal Issues
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Trademark Lawsuit (archive page)
This page archives information about a trademark lawsuit that the Utah Lighthouse Ministry had to file in 2005.
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Appeal Rejected (Trademark Lawsuit)
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower district court’s ruling against our trademark lawsuit concerning the domain name registration and use of our business and personal names.
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Ministry Files Appeal (Trademark Lawsuit)
March 26, 2007, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball ruled against our claims of trademark infringement and in favor of Allen Wyatt, Scott Gordon and FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research) in the use of 10 domain names— utahlighthouseministry.org utahlighthouseministry.com utahlighthouse.org utahlighthouse.com sandratanner.org sandratanner.com jeraldtanner.org jeraldtanner.com geraldtanner.org geraldtanner.com —in conjunction with a fake site…
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Update on Lawsuit (Trademark)
By Sandra Tanner In the June 2005 Salt Lake City Messenger, we announced our lawsuit against Allen Wyatt, Scott Gordon and FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research) for trademark infringement. That lawsuit is still in process and the trial has been scheduled for February of 2007. See: Trademark Lawsuit Archive Page Originally appeared in:…
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Ministry Files Lawsuit (Trademark)
Utah Lighthouse Ministry sued FAIR on April 25, 2005, in Salt Lake City federal court for trademark infringement and cybersquatting over 13 mimicking domain names. The suit demanded domain transfers and triple damages.
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Copyright / Internet Lawsuit — LDS Church v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry (archive page)
An archive of information regarding a lawsuit brought against the Utah Lighthouse Ministry by the LDS Church over purported copyright infringement and online linking, involving digital reproduction of the Church Handbook of Instructions
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LDS Church Sues Ministry (copyright / internet lawsuit)
On October 13, 1999 the Utah Lighthouse Ministry was served legal papers by the Mormon Church’s law firm, demanding the removal of portions of the 1998 LDS Church Handbook of Instructions from their website.
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Utah Lighthouse Ministry News Release / Statement on Settlement of Copyright Lawsuit
Our news release from November 2000, near the end of the copyright / internet lawsuit brought by the LDS Church against the Utah Lighthouse Ministry.
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Utah Lighthouse Ministry Statement on Copyright / Internet Lawsuit
A summary and clarification of circumstances surrounding the copyright lawsuit brought by the LDS Church against the Utah Lighthouse Ministry.
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LDS Church Should Set Members Free
Concerning LDS members’ access to information on church membership policies. This opinion piece is related to our larger article:Copyright Lawsuit — LDS Church v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry It originally appeared in the University of Utah’s student newspaper, The Daily Utah Chronicle, October 21, 1999, and is used here by permission. OPINION: LDS Church Should Set…