Black church in D.C. that was vandalized by the Proud Boys gains control over the group's trademark

The D.C. Superior Court granted rights to the trademark of the Proud Boys' name to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Proud Boys lose trademark ownership to Black church they vandalized

Court rules Metropolitan AME Church owns Proud Boys' trademark after White supremacist group fails to pay $2.8 million judgment.
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Far-right group Proud Boys loses legal naming rights to Black church it vandalized

Church said extremist group never paid $2.8m court judgment over 2020 attack during Trump rally. The Proud Boys have lost control of their own name after the far-right extremist group subjected a ...
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Church vandalized by Proud Boys now controls group's trademark, judge rules

The Proud Boys is barred from selling merchandise using its name or symbols without permission from a Black church once vandalized by the right-wing extremist group's members, after a Washington, ...
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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized

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