'Northern District' Tagged Posts

'Northern District' Tagged Posts

U.S. District Court Judge issues order staying proceedings on Diocesan trademark case

On December 20, 2010 U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means issued an order staying the proceedings in the Diocesan trademark case, Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth v. Iker, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. As a result the court will consider the motions to intervene filed by the Iker-related Southern Cone factions calling themselves the “Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth” and the “Corporation of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth” before…

Defendant Jack L. Iker Files Delay Motion in Federal Court

On Thursday, December 16, 2010, Defendant Jack L. Iker, former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, filed a delay motion in United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, attempting to put off answering the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth’s motion for partial summary judgment by seeking “an emergency stay.” The diocese filed the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to protect its federally-registered name and seal from infringement by Bishop Iker. In his motion, Bishop…

Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth Files Federal Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

On Monday, December 13, 2010, the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment with the Hon. Terry R. Means, District Judge in the Northern District of Texas, to protect its federally-registered name and seal from infringement by former bishop Jack Iker. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth has been using its historic name and seal for nearly thirty years. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the Episcopal Diocese two federally-registered service marks…