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Founders May control Trademarks despite First Use by Nonprofits
Nonprofit and Church Legal Trends - Free Edition - July August 2008 (free edition)
Court says “related companies doctrine” may give individual rights if he controlled nonprofits.
Who owns the right to use trade marks registered by a co-founder of a nonprofit organization and used exclusively by the nonprofit? Under general trademark law, the “owner” of a trademark is the person who first uses the mark, even if someone else registers it later.
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