This is an update on the court case. As you may know, the sans-Guardian National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is for the United States has filed a contempt motion against the Orthodox Baha'i Faith (and also a Baha'i denomination that follows Neal Chase as the Guardian). The motion seeks to enforce a Judgment against the OBF that had been entered in 1966 against the NSA of Charles Mason Remey's organization. That Judgment prohibits the use of the word "Baha'i" and the Greatest Name symbols, among other things, stating that such use infringes upon the NSA's trademark.
After considering the submissions of the parties, the Court has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for January 7, 2008 on the question of whether the OBF (and the Chase organization) are in "privity" with the Remey NSA and therefore bound by the Judgment.
All of the pertinent court documents are available here:
http://trueseeker.typepad.com/true_seeker/court_case.html
We have recently added various trial documents such as the exhibit lists, witness lists, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law of the OBF and NSA.
There is a status hearing on December 17, 2007 in Chicago.
Jeffrey
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