Community of Christ Copyright Corp. v. Devon Park Restoration Branch of Jesus Christ's Church

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when a defendant’s unlawful conduct “was willful and deliberate, the court may well determine that this is the type of ‘exceptional’ case for which an award of attorney’s fees is appropriate.”
• affirming the award of attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff after determining defendant’s conduct was willful and deliberate
• finding mark not generic where defendant could not demonstrate that “registered marks have become generic because they identify religion, not COC as an institution.”
• rejecting abandonment argument based on evidence of defendant’s ongoing use of marks at issue “in bona fide ways,” asserted intent to continue doing so, and enforcement of its rights in the marks during challenged time period
• finding a violation of Missouri’s anti-dilution statute by a competitor’s mark
• trademark holder must show, inter alia, that \infringer's use of its mark created a likelihood of dilution of the distinctive quality of the mark\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).