Diocese Tells 4th Circuit ‘The Episcopal Church’ Is A Generic Trademark

(June 12, 2020, 9:32 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A church diocese that split from the Episcopal Church (TEC) eight years ago asserts that the corresponding trademark for “The Episcopal Church” is generic and unprotectable, asking the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an April 20 brief to reverse a trial court’s finding that it engaged in trademark infringement and dilution (The Episcopal Church, et al. v. Right Reverend Mark J. Lawrence, et al., Nos. 19-2112, 19-2163 and 20-1061, 4th Cir.)....