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Federal Judge Issues Stay of Diocese’s Trademark Case
On January 6, 2011 U.S. District Judge Terry Means stayed the trademark case filed in his court by the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth against its former bishop, Jack Iker. Judge Means determined that the issues in the state court case, The Episcopal Church v. Salazar, pending in the 141st District Court in Tarrant County, and federal case,Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth v. Iker, pending the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, are sufficiently “parallel” that he will…
Diocese files trademark suit in U. S. district court
On September 21, 2010 the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth against its former bishop, Jack Leo Iker, seeking damages and an injunction against his use of the name “Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth” and the diocesan seal, both continually in use by the Diocese since 1983. The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Terry Means. Iker and others left The Episcopal Church in 2008 but continue to use the…