In what circumstances have courts granted preliminary injunctions to prevent the use of the common law service mark “Jews for Jesus” on the internet?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from BCAA et al. v. Office and Professional Employees' Int. Union et al., 2001 BCSC 156 (CanLII):
In Jews for Jesus v. Brodsky, 993 F. Supp. 282 (D.N.J. 1998), affd. without opinion, 159 F.3d 1351 (3d Cir. N.J. 1998), the United States District Court granted a preliminary injunction when the owner of the common law service mark “Jews for Jesus” sought a preliminary injunction to enjoin the defendant from using the internet domain names “Jews for Jesus.org” and “Jews for Jesus.com”.
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