Legal Opinion
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta v. Florida Priory of The Knights Hospitallers of The Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, The Ecumenical Order
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 15, 2015No. 14-14251PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is the second in a long-running intellectual property dispute between two religious organizations. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta alleges that the Florida Priory of the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, the Ecumenical Order is infringing its registered service marks in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114, and Florida law. After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment for the Florida Priory. See Sovereign Military…
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