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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 that linked back to FAIR’s site. (See #104 Messenger for more information.)

We believe the case was wrongly decided and have initiated an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The judge’s ruling has unfairly impacted our ability to protect our trademarks and opens the door for future exploitation. Further, this decision, if left unchallenged, could negatively affect trademark owners’ rights.

One of the egregious factual errors in Kimball’s decision was the claim that Wyatt had turned over all of the domain names to us already. However, only six of ten domain names have been turned over by Wyatt, and that was over a year and half ago.

This continued battle for our trademark rights is an expensive process, and we welcome any donations to help defray legal costs.

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