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Tag "Copyright and trademarks"

tag name: Copyright and trademarks type: General
web link: Copyright_and_trademarks
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark; bahai9.com/wiki/Copyright

"Copyright and trademarks" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (12 results; less)

  1. Manya A. Brachear. Bahá'í Schism Battles It out in Court (2009-05-30). Short article touching on a lawsuit to prevent covenant-breakers from using the word "Bahá'í" and "The Greatest Name."
  2. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Basis of the Bahá'í Community, The: A Statement Concerning the New History Society (1941-11). A statement on Ahmad Sohrab's activities and its trademark infringement case.
  3. Brett Zamir. Copyright options for submissions to the Bahá'í Library Online (2006).
  4. United States Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Copyright Status of Bahá'í Texts (1996-11). Questions regarding copyright and posting of Sacred Writings on the Internet.
  5. Vernon Elvin Johnson. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An (1974). Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their resulting tensions and resolutions.
  6. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
  7. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States vs. New Mexico Covenant-Breakers (1966). Documents from the lawsuit by the NSA vs. the New Mexico covenant-breaker group "The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States of America Under the Hereditary Guardianship, Inc." for their use of Bahá'í names and titles.
  8. Jonah Winters, Brett Zamir. Notes on Copyright (1998). Notes about various copyright schemes followed by the Bahá'í Library Online, with links to the US Library of Congress' copyright information website.
  9. Universal House of Justice. Texts, Sacred, Permission to Distribute Electronic Copies of (2000-05-08). Sacred Writings and anything produced by the Bahá'í World Center or the Bahá'í International Community may be electronically redistributed.
  10. United States National Spiritual Assembly vs. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (1941). In 1941 the National Spiritual Assembly unsuccessfully sued Covenant Breaker Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for his use of the word "Bahá'í." This is the court's conclusions.
  11. WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2001-1302, "bahaiwomen.com" (2001). A legal ruling finding, on behalf of the Bahá'ís, that unauthorized use of the domain bahaiwomen.com is a trademark infringement. Followed by a newspaper article from Newsbytes, "Bahá'í Organization Bests Speculator In Domain Dispute."
  12. WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net" (2005-08-25). A legal ruling finding, against the Bahá'ís, that covenant breakers are allowed to use the domain uhj.net.

2.   from the Chronology (7 results; less)

  1. 1928-08-27 — The word 'Bahá'í' was registered with the United States Patent Office as a trademark. [BW6:348]
  2. 1934-08-28 — Mishkín-Qalam's calligraphic rendering of the Greatest Name was registered as a trademark with the United States patent office. [BW6:350]
  3. 1941-11-31
      Some members of the National Spiritual Assembly filed suit against Ahmad Sohrab to try to stop him from using the name Bahá'í. He had opened a Bahá'í bookshop in New York in 1939. This suit was filed in the Supreme Court of New York County. The judge granted a motion to dismiss, stating that "the plaintiffs have no right to a monopoly of the name of a religion. The defendants, who purport to be members of the same religion, have an equal right to use the name of the religion..." The judge mentioned that the complaint could be further amended and the NSA appealed but the Appellate Court affirmed the decision of the lower court.
            The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada distributed a mimeographed statement concerning the New History Society entitled The Basis of the Bahá'í Community, which explained the purpose and outcome of the lawsuit entered against the founders of the New History Society to prevent their misuse of the name "Bahá'í" on which the National Spiritual Assembly had obtained a trademark patent. [The Basis of the Bahá'í Community: A Statement Concerning the New History Society]
    • Also see United States National Spiritual Assembly vs. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab.
    • During the second World War the New History Society put forth an alleged passage from 'Abdu'l-Bahá which would justify citizens in refusing to obey their governments when drafted into the military forces. The National Spiritual Assembly was obliged to explain the true Bahá'í position to the federal authorities as set forth by the Guardian.
  4. 1964-11-05
      Followers of Charles Mason Remey filed suit in the United States District Court for Northern Illinois against the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, claiming they were the rightful owners of all Bahá'í properties and funds in the United States. [BW14:95]
    • The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States filed a counter-claim asking the court to restrain the Covenant-breakers from using Bahá'í names and symbols protected by trademark. [BW14:95]
  5. 1965-03-23
      The case filed by the followers of Charles Mason Remey against the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States was dismissed on technical grounds. [BW14:95]
    • The Covenant-breakers filed a further suit. [BW14:95]
  6. 1966-03-08 — The second suit brought against the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States by the followers of Charles Mason Remey, who claimed to he the lawful owners of all Bahá'í properties and funds in the United States, was dismissed. [BW14:95]
  7. 1966-06-01 — The counter-claim of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States against the followers of Charles Mason Remey restraining them from using Bahá'í names and symbols, was upheld when the Covenant-breakers failed to appear at the trial. [BW14:95]

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (1 result)

  1. 1935-12-03 — The federal government issued to the Bahá'í Community a letter of patents for the word "Bahá'í". [OBCC259]
 
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